Background The largest terrestrial species in the order Carnivora are wide-ranging and rare
because of their positions at the top of food webs. They are some of the world's most …

There is growing recognition of the important roles played by predators in regulating
ecosystems and sustaining biodiversity. Much attention has focused on the consequences of …

Top‐order predators often have positive effects on biological diversity owing to their key
functional roles in regulating trophic cascades and other ecological processes. Their loss …

ABSTRACT 1 The successful introduction of the red fox Vulpes vulpes into Australia in the
1870s has had dramatic and deleterious impacts on both native fauna and agricultural …

Alien predators can have catastrophic effects on ecosystems and are thought to be much
more harmful to biodiversity than their native counterparts. However, trophic cascade theory …

Resources are produced in pulses in many terrestrial environments, and have important
effects on the population dynamics and assemblage structure of animals that consume them …

The mesopredator release hypothesis, defined as the change in distribution, abundance or
behaviour of a middle‐ranking predator in response to a decrease in density or distribution …

The control of foxes (Vulpes vulpes) is a key component of many fauna recovery programs in
Australia. A question crucial to the success of these programs is how fox control influences …

Context Wild predators are a serious threat to livestock in Australia. Livestock guardian dogs
(LGDs) may be able to reduce or eliminate predation, but their effectiveness in Australian …

Interactions between large carnivores and other species may be responsible for impacts that
are disproportionately large relative to their density. Context-dependent interactions …