Interactions among terrestrial carnivores involve a complex interplay of competition,
predation and facilitation via carrion provisioning, and these negative and positive pathways …

The puma Puma concolor is the fourth largest wild felid and the most widespread native
terrestrial mammal of the Americas. We synthesised published literature documenting the …

Mesopredator release theory suggests that dominant predators suppress subordinate
carnivores and ultimately shape community dynamics, but the assumption that subordinate …

Predators are widely recognized for their irreplaceable roles in influencing the abundance
and traits of lower trophic levels. Predators also have irreplaceable roles in sha** …

Terrestrial ecosystems are shaped by interacting top‐down and bottom‐up processes, with
the magnitude of top‐down control by large carnivores largely depending on environmental …

Food caching is a common strategy used by a diversity of animals, including carnivores, to
store and/or secure food. Despite its prevalence, the drivers of caching behaviour, and its …

The interaction between predators and their prey is a key factor driving population dynamics
and sha** wildlife communities. Most predators will scavenge in addition to killing their …

Species assemblages often have a non‐random nested organization, which in vertebrate
scavenger (carrion‐consuming) assemblages is thought to be driven by facilitation in …

Background Interspecific competition affects species fitness, community assemblages and
structure, and the geographic distributions of species. Established dominance hierarchies …

Trophic interactions are a fundamental topic in ecology, but we know little about how
competition between apex predators affects predation, the mechanism driving top-down …