A mammoth undertaking: harnessing insight from functional ecology to shape de-extinction priority setting

Maximising evolutionary potential in functional proxies for extinct species: a conservation genetic perspective on de-extinction

(2017) Tammy E. Steeves et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Pathways to de-extinction: how close can we get to resurrection of an extinct species?

(2016) Beth Shapiro   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Abundance of common species, not species richness, drives delivery of a real-world ecosystem service

(2015) Rachael Winfree et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Variable impact of late-Quaternary megafaunal extinction in causing ecological state shifts in North and South America

(2015) Anthony D. Barnosky et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

Sea otters, kelp forests, and the extinction of Steller’s sea cow

(2015) James A. Estes et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Combining paleo-data and modern exclosure experiments to assess the impact of megafauna extinctions on woody vegetation

(2015) Elisabeth S. Bakker et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A continent-wide assessment of the form and intensity of large mammal herbivory in Africa

(2015) G. P. Hempson et al.   SCIENCE

Marine defaunation: Animal loss in the global ocean

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

Non-native megaherbivores: the case for novel function to manage plant invasions on islands

(2015) Dennis M. Hansen   AoB Plants

Collapse of the world's largest herbivores

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

Cascading Consequences of the Loss of Large Mammals in an African Savanna

(2014) Felicia Keesing et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Positive and Negative Effects of a Threatened Parrotfish on Reef Ecosystems

(2014) DOUGLAS J. MCCAULEY et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Human-Mediated Loss of Phylogenetic and Functional Diversity in Coral Reef Fishes

(2014) Stéphanie D’agata et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

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

Drastic population fluctuations explain the rapid extinction of the passenger pigeon

(2014) C.-M. Hung et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Functional over-redundancy and high functional vulnerability in global fish faunas on tropical reefs

(2014) D. Mouillot et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Functional trait space and the latitudinal diversity gradient

(2014) C. Lamanna et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Reintroducing resurrected species: selecting DeExtinction candidates

(2014) Philip J. Seddon et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

The roles of productivity and ecosystem size in determining food chain length in tropical terrestrial ecosystems

(2013) Hillary S. Young et al.   ECOLOGY

Impacts of logging and conversion of rainforest to oil palm on the functional diversity of birds in Sundaland

(2013) Felicity A. Edwards et al.   IBIS

High frequency of functional extinctions in ecological networks

(2013) Torbjörn Säterberg et al.   NATURE

The legacy of the Pleistocene megafauna extinctions on nutrient availability in Amazonia

(2013) Christopher E. Doughty et al.   Nature Geoscience

What If Extinction Is Not Forever?

(2013) J. S. Sherkow et al.   SCIENCE

Functional Extinction of Birds Drives Rapid Evolutionary Changes in Seed Size

(2013) M. Galetti et al.   SCIENCE

From wing to wing: the persistence of long ecological interaction chains in less-disturbed ecosystems

(2012) Douglas J. McCauley et al.   Scientific Reports

How functional is functional? Ecological groupings in terrestrial animal ecology: towards an animal functional type approach

(2011) Niels Blaum et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Elephants (and extinct relatives) as earth-movers and ecosystem engineers

(2011) Gary Haynes   GEOMORPHOLOGY

Trophic Downgrading of Planet Earth

(2011) James A. Estes et al.   SCIENCE

Global pollinator declines: trends, impacts and drivers

(2010) Simon G. Potts et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

The Rise of the Mesopredator

(2009) Laura R. Prugh et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Limited Functional Redundancy in a High Diversity System: Single Species Dominates Key Ecological Process on Coral Reefs

(2009) Andrew S. Hoey et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Cascading extinctions and community collapse in model food webs

(2009) J. A. Dunne et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Large-scale impacts of herbivores on the structural diversity of African savannas

(2009) G. P. Asner et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

(2008) Robert M. Pringle   ECOLOGY

NEW MULTIDIMENSIONAL FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY INDICES FOR A MULTIFACETED FRAMEWORK IN FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

(2008) Sébastien Villéger et al.   ECOLOGY

Effects of the removal of large herbivores on fleas of small mammals

(2008) Douglas J. McCauley et al.   JOURNAL OF VECTOR ECOLOGY

Functional diversity responses to changing species richness in reef fish communities

(2008) BS Halpern et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Food limitation leads to behavioral diversification and dietary specialization in sea otters

(2008) M. T. Tinker et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA