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 …

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 …

A species's niche width reflects a balance between the diversifying effects of intraspecific
competition and the constraining effects of interspecific competition. This balance shifts …

The control of diseases shared with wildlife requires the development of strategies that will
reduce pathogen transmission between wildlife and both domestic animals and human …

A specific concept of strain was developed in order to classify the BTV serotypes ever
reported in Europe based on their properties of animal health impact: the genotype …

Alien predators can have catastrophic effects on ecosystems and are thought to be much
more harmful to biodiversity than their native counterparts. However, trophic cascade theory …

Ecology Letters (2011) 14: 1035–1042 Abstract Invasive species are frequently the target of
eradication or control programmes to mitigate their impacts. However, manipulating single …

Changes in the distribution and abundance of invasive species can have far-reaching
ecological consequences. Programs to control invaders are common but gauging the …

Interactions between large carnivores and other species may be responsible for impacts that
are disproportionately large relative to their density. Context-dependent interactions …

After historical declines in population sizes and ranges, we compare and contrast the recent
history and contemporary variation in the status of Great Britain's eight native mammalian …