BACKGROUND Comparing patterns of terrestrial and marine defaunation helps to place
human impacts on marine fauna in context and to navigate toward recovery. Defaunation …

Anthropocene defaunation, the global extinction of faunal species and populations and the
decline in abundance of individuals within populations, has been predominantly …

Sharks are considered the apex predator of coral reefs, but the consequences of their global
depletion are uncertain. Here we explore the ecological roles of sharks on coral reefs and …

Here, we identify the extant species of marine megafauna (> 45 kg maximum reported
mass), provide a conceptual template for the ways in which these species influence the …

Coral propagation via nurseries and out-planting practices has increased worldwide in the
last decade to improve stakeholder-led stewardship aimed at retaining or rehabilitating local …

Humans are an increasingly dominant driver of Earth's biological communities, but
differentiating human impacts from natural drivers of ecosystem state is crucial. Herbivorous …

A single ecosystem can exhibit great biogeographic and environmental variability. While a
given ecological driver might have a strong impact in one region, it does not necessarily …

Diet in fish is influenced by multiple factors including nutritional requirements, trophic
morphology and spatial and temporal variation in resource availability. We examined spatial …

Aim Biodiversity loss is impacting essential ecosystem functions and services across the
globe. Recently, our interest in the benefits of biodiversity for ecosystem function has shifted …

De‐extinction, or the process of resurrecting extinct species, has been advanced as a
promising new tool in conservation biology. Most scientific discussion of de‐extinction has …