Forbs are important contributors to species diversity and ecosystem functions in low-latitude
grasslands, where they support diverse herbivore communities and millions of people …

Across the last~ 50,000 years (the late Quaternary) terrestrial vertebrate faunas have
experienced severe losses of large species (megafauna), with most extinctions occurring in …

Smaller grazers consistently show greater preference for recently burned patches than
larger species. Energy optimization theory posits that this pattern is driven by small‐versus …

Although prey foraging in mixed-species groups benefit from a reduced risk of predation,
whether heterospecific groupmates move together in the landscape, and more generally to …

Niche differentiation theory and the Jarman-Bell principle predict that mammalian herbivores
with similar body sizes exhibit temporal segregation. However, testing this prediction has …

Les interactions entre animaux de la même espèce (conspécifiques) et d'espèces
différentes (hétérospécifiques) sont courantes dans la nature, par exemple entre des proies …

Highlights•Vertebrate metabolites shared between evolutionary distinct animals.•Healthy
ecosystem is rich in metabolites that affect vector-host interactions.•Specialists have …