The functional roles of mammals in ecosystems

Incidence and taxonomic richness of mosquitoes in the diets of little brown and big brown bats

(2018) Amy K Wray et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

Reintroducing a keystone burrowing rodent to restore an arid North American grassland: challenges and successes

(2018) Ana D. Davidson et al.   RESTORATION ECOLOGY

A framework for the identification of hotspots of climate change risk for mammals

(2017) Michela Pacifici et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Biological annihilation via the ongoing sixth mass extinction signaled by vertebrate population losses and declines

(2017) Gerardo Ceballos et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Long-term consistency in spatial patterns of primate seed dispersal

(2017) Eckhard W. Heymann et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Arctic greening from warming promotes declines in caribou populations

(2017) Per Fauchald et al.   Science Advances

Impending extinction crisis of the world’s primates: Why primates matter

(2017) Alejandro Estrada et al.   Science Advances

The numbers of the beast: Valuation of jaguar ( Panthera onca ) tourism and cattle depredation in the Brazilian Pantanal

(2017) Fernando R. Tortato et al.   Global Ecology and Conservation

Biodiversity Areas under Threat: Overlap of Climate Change and Population Pressures on the World’s Biodiversity Priorities

(2017) Juliann E. Aukema et al.   PLoS One

Seed dispersal potential of Asian elephants

(2016) Franziska K. Harich et al.   ACTA OECOLOGICA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Megafaunal Impacts on Structure and Function of Ocean Ecosystems

(2016) James A. Estes et al.   Annual Review of Environment and Resources

Riparian vegetation recovery in Yellowstone: The first two decades after wolf reintroduction

(2016) Robert L. Beschta et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Female dietary bias towards large migratory moths in the European free-tailed bat (Tadarida teniotis)

(2016) Vanessa A. Mata et al.   Biology Letters

Modelling the potential geographic distribution of an endangered pollination corridor in Mexico and the United States

(2016) Emma P. Gómez-Ruiz et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Does biodiversity protect humans against infectious disease? Comment

(2016) Taal Levi et al.   ECOLOGY

Nutrient limitation in tropical savannas across multiple scales and mechanisms

(2016) Adam F. A. Pellegrini   ECOLOGY

Hunting-induced defaunation drives increased seed predation and decreased seedling establishment of commercially important tree species in an Afrotropical forest

(2016) Cooper Rosin et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Factors Influencing Burrowing Owl Abundance in Prairie Dog Colonies on the Southern High Plains of Texas

(2016) James D. Ray et al.   JOURNAL OF RAPTOR RESEARCH

How do primates affect seed germination? A meta-analysis of gut passage effects on neotropical plants

(2016) Lisieux F. Fuzessy et al.   OIKOS

Dispersal limitation induces long-term biomass collapse in overhunted Amazonian forests

(2016) Carlos A. Peres et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Oceans on the edge of anoxia

(2016) Andrew J. Watson   SCIENCE

Burrowing herbivores alter soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics in a semi-arid ecosystem, Argentina

(2016) Kenneth L. Clark et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Humans as a Hyperkeystone Species

(2016) Boris Worm et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Estimating economic losses to tourism in Africa from the illegal killing of elephants

(2016) Robin Naidoo et al.   Nature Communications

Ecosystem experiment reveals benefits of natural and simulated beaver dams to a threatened population of steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

(2016) Nicolaas Bouwes et al.   Scientific Reports

An amphibian species of concern prefers breeding in active beaver ponds

(2016) Victoria H. Zero et al.   Ecosphere

Bushmeat hunting and extinction risk to the world's mammals

(2016) William J. Ripple et al.   Royal Society Open Science

Ecosystem context and historical contingency in apex predator recoveries

(2016) A. C. Stier et al.   Science Advances

Interactive Effects of Black-Tailed Prairie Dogs and Cattle on Shrub Encroachment in a Desert Grassland Ecosystem

(2016) Eduardo Ponce-Guevara et al.   PLoS One

Plague bacterium as a transformer species in prairie dogs and the grasslands of western North America

(2015) David A. Eads et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Interdependency of plants and animals in controlling the sodium balance of ecosystems and the impacts of global defaunation

(2015) Christopher E. Doughty et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Ecosystem-scale effects of megafauna in African savannas

(2015) Gregory P. Asner et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Elephant-mediated habitat modifications and changes in herbivore species assemblages in Sabi Sand, South Africa

(2015) Willem F. de Boer et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE RESEARCH

Large wildlife removal drives immune defence increases in rodents

(2015) Hillary S. Young et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Burrow systems of mole-rats as refuges for frogs in the Miombo woodlands of south-east Africa

(2015) Jan Šklíba et al.   JOURNAL OF TROPICAL ECOLOGY

Pest control service provided by bats in Mediterranean rice paddies: linking agroecosystems structure to ecological functions

(2015) Xavier Puig-Montserrat et al.   MAMMALIAN BIOLOGY

Scatter-hoarding rodents disperse seeds to safe sites in a fire-prone ecosystem

(2015) Christopher M. Moore et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

Global nutrient transport in a world of giants

(2015) Christopher E. Doughty et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Bats initiate vital agroecological interactions in corn

(2015) Josiah J. Maine et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Biodiversity inhibits parasites: Broad evidence for the dilution effect

(2015) David J. Civitello et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Marine defaunation: Animal loss in the global ocean

(2015) D. J. McCauley et al.   SCIENCE

The unique ecology of human predators

(2015) C. T. Darimont et al.   SCIENCE

The IPBES Conceptual Framework — connecting nature and people

(2015) Sandra Díaz et al.   Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Global Trends in the Status of Bird and Mammal Pollinators

(2015) Eugenie C. Regan et al.   Conservation Letters

Defaunation affects carbon storage in tropical forests

(2015) C. Bello et al.   Science Advances

Collapse of the world's largest herbivores

(2015) W. J. Ripple et al.   Science Advances

The pika and the watershed: The impact of small mammal poisoning on the ecohydrology of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

(2014) Maxwell C. Wilson et al.   AMBIO

Whole-community facilitation by beaver: ecosystem engineer increases waterbird diversity

(2014) Petri Nummi et al.   AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS

Optimizing conservation strategies for Mexican free-tailed bats: a population viability and ecosystem services approach

(2014) Ruscena Wiederholt et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Bat pest control contributes to food security in Thailand

(2014) Thomas Cherico Wanger et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Evolution of angiosperm seed disperser mutualisms: the timing of origins and their consequences for coevolutionary interactions between angiosperms and frugivores

(2014) Ove Eriksson   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Ecological engineering and aquatic connectivity: a new perspective from beaver-modified wetlands

(2014) Glynnis A. Hood et al.   FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

The hippopotamus conveyor belt: vectors of carbon and nutrients from terrestrial grasslands to aquatic systems in sub-Saharan Africa

(2014) Amanda L. Subalusky et al.   FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

Whales as marine ecosystem engineers

(2014) Joe Roman et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Restoration of a megaherbivore: landscape-level impacts of white rhinoceros in Kruger National Park, South Africa

(2014) Joris P. G. M. Cromsigt et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Market Forces and Technological Substitutes Cause Fluctuations in the Value of Bat Pest-Control Services for Cotton

(2014) Laura López-Hoffman et al.   PLoS One

Declines in large wildlife increase landscape-level prevalence of rodent-borne disease in Africa

(2014) H. S. Young et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Defaunation in the Anthropocene

(2014) R. Dirzo et al.   SCIENCE

Status and Ecological Effects of the World's Largest Carnivores

(2014) W. J. Ripple et al.   SCIENCE

The Role of Giant Armadillos (Priodontes maximus) as Physical Ecosystem Engineers

(2013) Arnaud Léonard Jean Desbiez et al.   BIOTROPICA

Burrowing by badgers (Meles meles) and foxes (Vulpes vulpes) changes soil conditions and vegetation in a European temperate forest

(2013) Przemysław Kurek et al.   ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Does life history mediate changing disease risk when communities disassemble?

(2013) Maxwell B. Joseph et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Bats and birds increase crop yield in tropical agroforestry landscapes

(2013) Bea Maas et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Beaver dams maintain fish biodiversity by increasing habitat heterogeneity throughout a low-gradient stream network

(2013) Joseph M. Smith et al.   FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

Trophic cascades from wolves to grizzly bears in Yellowstone

(2013) William J. Ripple et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Contrasts in the large herbivore faunas of the southern continents in the late Pleistocene and the ecological implications for human origins

(2013) Norman Owen-Smith   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

An inordinate fondness for beetles? Variation in seasonal dietary preferences of night-roosting big brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus)

(2013) Elizabeth L. Clare et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

The diet ofMyotis lucifugusacross Canada: assessing foraging quality and diet variability

(2013) Elizabeth L. Clare et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Scientific Foundations for an IUCN Red List of Ecosystems

(2013) David A. Keith et al.   PLoS One

Prairie Dog Decline Reduces the Supply of Ecosystem Services and Leads to Desertification of Semiarid Grasslands

(2013) Lourdes Martínez-Estévez et al.   PLoS One

Rethinking Primate Origins Again

(2012) ROBERT W. SUSSMAN et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY

Insectivorous Bat Pollinates Columnar Cactus More Effectively per Visit than Specialized Nectar Bat

(2012) Winifred F. Frick et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Meta-analysis of the effects of small mammal disturbances on species diversity, richness and plant biomass

(2012) MEREDITH ROOT-BERNSTEIN et al.   AUSTRAL ECOLOGY

Ecological roles and conservation challenges of social, burrowing, herbivorous mammals in the world's grasslands

(2012) Ana D Davidson et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Approaching a state shift in Earth’s biosphere

(2012) Anthony D. Barnosky et al.   NATURE

Bats Track and Exploit Changes in Insect Pest Populations

(2012) Gary F. McCracken et al.   PLoS One

Apex predators and trophic cascades in large marine ecosystems: Learning from serendipity

(2012) R. S. Steneck   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Thieving rodents as substitute dispersers of megafaunal seeds

(2012) P. A. Jansen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Mutualism with Plants Drives Primate Diversification

(2012) José M. Gómez et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

The IUCN global assessments: partnerships, collaboration and data sharing for biodiversity science and policy

(2012) Thomas E. Lacher et al.   Conservation Letters

Ecosystem services provided by bats

(2011) Thomas H. Kunz et al.   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Trophic cascades in Yellowstone: The first 15years after wolf reintroduction

(2011) William J. Ripple et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

How many flowering plants are pollinated by animals?

(2011) Jeff Ollerton et al.   OIKOS

Top-Down Control of Herbivory by Birds and Bats in the Canopy of Temperate Broad-Leaved Oaks (Quercus robur)

(2011) Stefan M. Böhm et al.   PLoS One

Economic Importance of Bats in Agriculture

(2011) J. G. Boyles et al.   SCIENCE

Trophic Downgrading of Planet Earth

(2011) James A. Estes et al.   SCIENCE

Taxon-specific PCR for DNA barcoding arthropod prey in bat faeces

(2010) MATT R. K. ZEALE et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

Effects of ingestion by neotropical bats on germination parameters of native free-standing and strangler figs (Ficus sp., Moraceae)

(2010) Katrin Heer et al.   OECOLOGIA

Diplochory in western chokecherry: you can’t judge a fruit by its mesocarp

(2010) Maurie J. Beck et al.   OECOLOGIA

Rapid Decline of a Grassland System and Its Ecological and Conservation Implications

(2010) Gerardo Ceballos et al.   PLoS One

Beyond the Fragmentation Threshold Hypothesis: Regime Shifts in Biodiversity Across Fragmented Landscapes

(2010) Renata Pardini et al.   PLoS One

Use of Fruit Essential Oils to Assist Forest Regeneration by Bats

(2010) Gledson V. Bianconi et al.   RESTORATION ECOLOGY

The Impact of Conservation on the Status of the World's Vertebrates

(2010) M. Hoffmann et al.   SCIENCE

The Impact of Climate Change on the World's Marine Ecosystems

(2010) O. Hoegh-Guldberg et al.   SCIENCE

The evolution of bat pollination: a phylogenetic perspective

(2009) Theodore H. Fleming et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Large predators and trophic cascades in terrestrial ecosystems of the western United States

(2009) Robert L. Beschta et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Effects of disturbance by Siberian marmots (Marmota sibirica) on spatial heterogeneity of vegetation at multiple spatial scales

(2009) Yu Yoshihara et al.   GRASSLAND SCIENCE

Large herbivores facilitate savanna tree establishment via diverse and indirect pathways

(2009) Jacob R. Goheen et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Pollinators are attracted to mounds created by burrowing animals (marmots) in a Mongolian grassland

(2009) Y. Yoshihara et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Experimental Assessment of the Impacts of Northern Long-Eared Bats on OvipositingCulex(Diptera: Culicidae) Mosquitoes

(2009) Michael H. Reiskind et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Species on the menu of a generalist predator, the eastern red bat (Lasiurus borealis): using a molecular approach to detect arthropod prey

(2009) ELIZABETH L. CLARE et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Disintegration of the Ecological Community

(2008) Robert E. Ricklefs   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Pollination Systems of Colchicum (Colchicaceae) in Southern Africa: Evidence for Rodent Pollination

(2008) Ciara Kleizen et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Hunting reduces recruitment of primate-dispersed trees in Amazonian Peru

(2008) Gabriela Nunez-Iturri et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Biodiversity management in the face of climate change: A review of 22 years of recommendations

(2008) Nicole E. Heller et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

BRAZILIAN FREE-TAILED BATS AS INSECT PEST REGULATORS IN TRANSGENIC AND CONVENTIONAL COTTON CROPS

(2008) Paula Federico et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

ON THE RELATIVE CONTRIBUTIONS OF WIND VS. ANIMALS TO SEED DISPERSAL OF FOUR SIERRA NEVADA PINES

(2008) Stephen B. Vander Wall   ECOLOGY

BALD EAGLES AND SEA OTTERS IN THE ALEUTIAN ARCHIPELAGO: INDIRECT EFFECTS OF TROPHIC CASCADES

(2008) Robert G. Anthony et al.   ECOLOGY

ELEPHANTS AS AGENTS OF HABITAT CREATION FOR SMALL VERTEBRATES AT THE PATCH SCALE

(2008) Robert M. Pringle   ECOLOGY

Evolution of Seed Size and Biotic Seed Dispersal in Angiosperms: Paleoecological and Neoecological Evidence

(2008) Ove Eriksson   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES

Large herbivores and aquatic-terrestrial links in southern boreal forests

(2008) Joseph K. Bump et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

The pollination ecology of durian ( Durio zibethinus, Bombacaceae) in southern Thailand

(2008) Sara Bumrungsri et al.   JOURNAL OF TROPICAL ECOLOGY

Seed Dispersal Anachronisms: Rethinking the Fruits Extinct Megafauna Ate

(2008) Paulo R. Guimarães et al.   PLoS One

Breakdown of an Ant-Plant Mutualism Follows the Loss of Large Herbivores from an African Savanna

(2008) T. M. Palmer et al.   SCIENCE

Bats Limit Insects in a Neotropical Agroforestry System

(2008) K. Williams-Guillen et al.   SCIENCE

The Status of the World's Land and Marine Mammals: Diversity, Threat, and Knowledge

(2008) J. Schipper et al.   SCIENCE