Despite evidence that apex predators can influence ecosystems though multiple ecological pathways, most studies investigating apex predators' effects on ecosystems have considered just one pathway in isolation. Here, we provide evidence that lethal control of an apex predator, the dingo Canis dingo, ...
Structural complexity is known to influence prey behaviour, mortality and population structure, but the effects on predators have received less attention. We tested whether contrasting structural complexity in two newly colonised lakes (low structural complexity lake—LSC; high structural complexity—HSC) ...
from anthropogenic resources in the form of LCDs can serve as attractants for wolves and alter wolf diet, activity, and ranging behavior. Apex predators may alter their behavior where subsidies from anthropogenic resources occur and management of these subsidies should be considered when attempting to...
Predation plays a fundamental role in the top-down regulation of ecosystem dynamics, with apex predators being key actors in promoting species diversity [1]. However, in marine ecosystems, many predatory species have declined across their ranges [2]. Efforts to develop conservation programs need be...
(Jones et al.2016). In situations where prey are naïve to predators and do not recognize their olfactory cues, such as where prey or predator species have been introduced to a new environment, prey mortality may be high and local populations will be at high risk of extinction (Salo et ...
Despite evidence that apex predators can influence ecosystems though multiple ecological pathways, most studies investigating apex predators' effects on ecosystems have considered just one pathway in isolation. Here, we provide evidence that lethal control of an apex predator, the dingo Canis dingo, ...
Despite evidence that apex predators can influence ecosystems though multiple ecological pathways, most studies investigating apex predators' effects on ecosystems have considered just one pathway in isolation. Here, we provide evidence that lethal control of an apex predator, the dingo Canis dingo, ...
predators and scavengers, may perform long-range forays (thereafter “LRFs”)6regulated by environmental changes in the availability of resources7,8,9. Thus, a large-scale approach is required to understand the importance that these LRFs might have in the ecology of the species and their long-...
(that is,Didinium;Fig. 1). The extinction of species, especially those belonging to upper trophic levels, can have particularly significant consequences for ecosystem structure and functioning3,23,24. Predators tend to be the key drivers of community dynamics and, consequently, predator loss is ...
forestoccupancyowlspatial autocorrelationApex predators are integral parts of every ecosystem, having top‐down roles in food web maintenance. Understanding the environmental and habitat characteristics associated with predator occurrence is paramount to conservation efforts. However, detecting top order ...