Human activities are the main current driver of global change. From hunter‐gatherers
through to Neolithic societies–and particularly in contemporary industrialised countries …

Vultures are nature's most successful scavengers, and they provide an array of ecological,
economic, and cultural services. As the only known obligate scavengers, vultures are …

During the last century humans have dramatically accelerated alterations and loss of
biodiversity worldwide. Changes to our planet's ecosystems by Humans go back tens of …

Since the origin of early Homo species during the Late Pliocene, interactions of humans with
scavenging birds and mammals have changed in form through shifting ecological scenarios …

Large avian scavengers are among the most vulnerable vertebrates, and many of their
populations have declined severely in recent decades. To help mitigate this marked …

Feeding stations are commonly used to sustain conservation programs of scavengers but
their impact on behaviour is still debated. They increase the temporal and spatial …

Between 1996 and 2000 the appearance of bovine spongiform encephalopathy swiftly
became one of the most serious public health and political crises concerning food safety …

Biodiversity losses are increasing as a consequence of negative anthropogenic effects on
ecosystem dynamics. However, the magnitude and complexity of these effects may still be …

Chance per se plays a key role in ecology and evolution, eg, genetic mutation, resource
spatiotemporal unpredictability. In community ecology, chance is recognized as a key factor …

Food webs developed under classical theoretical models often depict simplistic interactions
among trophic levels linked by predation (Hairston et al. 1960). As a result, extensive …