Megafauna and ecosystem function from the Pleistocene to the Anthropocene

Y Malhi, CE Doughty, M Galetti, FA Smith… - Proceedings of the …, 2016‏ - pnas.org
Large herbivores and carnivores (the megafauna) have been in a state of decline and
extinction since the Late Pleistocene, both on land and more recently in the oceans. Much …

Rewilding: science, practice, and politics

J Lorimer, C Sandom, P Jepson… - Annual Review of …, 2015‏ - annualreviews.org
Rewilding is being promoted as an ambitious alternative to current approaches to nature
conservation. Interest is growing in popular and scientific literatures, and rewilding is the …

Science for a wilder Anthropocene: Synthesis and future directions for trophic rewilding research

JC Svenning, PBM Pedersen, CJ Donlan… - Proceedings of the …, 2016‏ - pnas.org
Trophic rewilding is an ecological restoration strategy that uses species introductions to
restore top-down trophic interactions and associated trophic cascades to promote self …

Beyond species loss: the extinction of ecological interactions in a changing world

A Valiente‐Banuet, MA Aizen, JM Alcántara… - Functional …, 2015‏ - Wiley Online Library
The effects of the present biodiversity crisis have been largely focused on the loss of
species. However, a missed component of biodiversity loss that often accompanies or even …

Global nutrient transport in a world of giants

CE Doughty, J Roman, S Faurby, A Wolf… - Proceedings of the …, 2016‏ - pnas.org
The past was a world of giants, with abundant whales in the sea and large animals roaming
the land. However, that world came to an end following massive late-Quaternary megafauna …

Novel plant–frugivore network on Mauritius is unlikely to compensate for the extinction of seed dispersers

JH Heinen, FBV Florens, C Baider, JP Hume… - Nature …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Insular communities are particularly vulnerable to anthropogenic extinctions and
introductions. Changes in composition of island frugivore communities may affect seed …

Seeing through the static: the temporal dimension of plant–animal mutualistic interactions

PJ CaraDonna, LA Burkle, B Schwarz… - Ecology …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Most studies of plant–animal mutualistic networks have come from a temporally static
perspective. This approach has revealed general patterns in network structure, but limits our …

The Atlantic Forest

MCM Marques, CEV Grelle - … Biodiversity, Threats and Opportunities of the …, 2021‏ - Springer
The object of curiosity and admiration of scientists and conservationists, the Brazilian
Atlantic Forest is scientifically explored in this book. Over the 23 chapters written by 149 …

Human behaviour as a long-term ecological driver of non-human evolution

AP Sullivan, DW Bird, GH Perry - Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2017‏ - nature.com
Due to our intensive subsistence and habitat-modification strategies—including broad-
spectrum harvesting and predation, widespread landscape burning, settlement construction …

Pleistocene megafaunal extinctions and the functional loss of long‐distance seed‐dispersal services

MM Pires, PR Guimarães, M Galetti, P Jordano - Ecography, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
Pleistocene extinctions affected mainly large‐bodied animals, determining the loss or
changes in numerous ecological functions. Evidence points to a central role of many extinct …