Organic waste can be considered a food subsidy which represents an important source of
energy for different species that exploit it. However, it could produce contrasting impacts …

Predators and scavengers are frequently persecuted for their negative effects on property,
livestock and human life. Research has shown that these species play important regulatory …

Biodiversity is undergoing unprecedented global decline. Efforts to slow this rate have
focused foremost on rarer species, which are at most risk of extinction. Less interest has …

Vultures provide critical ecosystem services, yet populations of many species have
collapsed worldwide. We present the first estimates of a 30‐year Pan‐African vulture …

Birds of prey have been, in comparison to other avian groups, an uncommon study model,
mainly due to the limitations imposed by their conservative life strategy (low population …

Since the origin of early Homo species during the Late Pliocene, interactions of humans with
scavenging birds and mammals have changed in form through shifting ecological scenarios …

Populations of large carnivores are often suppressed in human‐dominated landscapes
because they can kill or injure people and domestic animals. However, carnivores can also …

Human‐wildlife cooperation is a type of mutualism in which a human and a wild, free‐living
animal actively coordinate their behaviour to achieve a common beneficial outcome. While …

Although there is a diversity of concerns about recent persistent declines in the abundances
of many species, the implications for the associated delivery of ecosystem services to people …

Nature's contribution to people (ie ecosystem services) is becoming integral to conservation
science and policy, yet our knowledge is restricted to only a few services and taxa. Vultures …