Aim Arthropods as vertebrate predators is a generally overlooked aspect in ecology due to
the cryptic nature of these events, the relatively small size of arthropods and the difficulty in …

Free-ranging cats (Felis catus) are globally distributed invasive carnivores that markedly
impact biodiversity. Here, to evaluate the potential threat of cats, we develop a …

Vertebrate predation by invertebrates has been classically underexplored and thus
underestimated, despite the fact that many arthropods consume vertebrates. To shed some …

The Cenozoic marked a period of dramatic ecological opportunity in Earth history due to the
extinction of non-avian dinosaurs as well as to long-term physiographic changes that …

Public databases in taxonomy, phylogenetics and geographic and fossil occurrence records
are key research tools that provide raw materials, on which broad-scale analyses and …

Citizen science is the interaction of the non-academic community in scientific studies, often
extended to collaborative platforms. We analyzed 168 photographs shared in a Brazilian …

Studying species interactions in nature often requires elaborated logistics and intense
fieldwork. The difficulties in such task might hinder our ability to answer questions on how …

The allometric scaling of predators and their prey is well established within snakes (ie, gape-
width limits maximum prey sizes). However, while some species exhibit ontogenetic shifts to …

ABSTRACT Domestic cats (Felis catus Linnaeus, 1758) can interact with and cause several
negative impacts upon wildlife if unconstrained by their owners. These impacts occur …

The reduction of predation is a potentially important factor for the evolution of the traits of an
island animal species. By relaxed selection, insular animals tend to lose their antipredator …