Among species, coexistence is driven partly by the partitioning of available resources. The
mechanisms of coexistence and competition among species have been a central topic …

There is growing recognition of the important roles played by predators in regulating
ecosystems and sustaining biodiversity. Much attention has focused on the consequences of …

Carnivore guilds play a vital role in ecological communities by cascading trophic effects,
energy and nutrient transfer, and stabilizing or destabilizing food webs. Consequently, the …

In human-populated landscapes, dogs (Canis familiaris) are often the most abundant
terrestrial carnivore. However, dogs can significantly disrupt or modify intact ecosystems well …

Top‐order predators often have positive effects on biological diversity owing to their key
functional roles in regulating trophic cascades and other ecological processes. Their loss …

Carnivores have been used as a model to understand the effects of competition in
community structure. Behavioral mechanisms that facilitate species coexistence have been …

Dogs Canis familiaris are the world's most common carnivore and are known to interact with
wildlife as predators, prey, competitors, and disease reservoirs or vectors. 2. Despite these …

Of the forty mammal species known to have vanished in the world in the last 200 years,
almost half have been Australian. Our continent has the worst record of mammal extinctions …

Negative impacts of some introduced carnivores like feral cats are well documented,
widespread, and significant. Comparatively, the effects of feral dogs (individuals that are not …

This book offers a concise but comprehensive introduction to desert ecology and adopts a
strong evolutionary focus. As with other titles in the Biology of Habitats Series, the emphasis …