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 …

Recent advances in the ecology of food webs underscore the importance of detritus and
indirect predator–prey effects. However, most research considers detritus as an invariable …

Recent advances highlight the potential for predators to restore ecosystems and confer
resilience against globally threatening processes, including climate change and biological …

Large mammalian carnivores are ecologically important because relatively few individuals
can cause strong predation-driven direct effects or fear-driven indirect effects that can ripple …

Many species face uncertain fates under climate change. Some will persist by shifting their
range or adapting to local conditions, whereas others will be lost to extinction. Efforts to …

Fisheries can have a large impact on marine ecosystems, because the effects of removing
large predatory fish may cascade down the food web. The implications of these cascading …

Due to the widespread eradication of large canids and felids, top predators in many
terrestrial ecosystems are now medium‐sized carnivores such as coyotes. Coyotes have …

We present a synthesis of empirical and theoretical work investigating how parasites
influence competitive and predatory interactions between other species. We examine the …

Introduced species disrupt native communities and biodiversity worldwide. Parasitic
infections (and at times, their absence) are thought to be a key component in the success …

Recent climate projections indicate substantial environmental alterations in oceanic island
regions during the 21st century, setting up profound threats to insular floras. Inherent …