International agreements mandate the expansion of Earth's protected-area network as a
bulwark against the continued extinction of wild populations, species, and ecosystems. Yet …

Large mammalian herbivores manifest a strong top‐down control on ecosystems that can
transform entire landscapes, but their impacts have not been reviewed in the context of …

Ecological niche differences are necessary for stable species coexistence but are often
difficult to discern. Models of dietary niche differentiation in large mammalian herbivores …

There is growing evidence of escalating wildlife losses worldwide. Extreme wildlife losses
have recently been documented for large parts of Africa, including western, Central and …

Large-mammal populations are ecological linchpins, and their worldwide decline and
extinction disrupts many ecosystem functions and services. Reversal of this trend will require …

We compile over 270 wildlife counts of Kenya's wildlife populations conducted over the last
30 years to compare trends in national parks and reserves with adjacent ecosystems and …

Populations of many wild ungulate species in Africa are in decline largely because of land‐
use changes and other human activities. Analyses that document these declines and …

Summary 1 Size relationships are central in structuring trophic linkages within food webs,
leading to suggestions that the dietary niche of smaller carnivores is nested within that of …

The IUCN Redlist considers the African savannah elephant (Loxodonta africana) to be
“vulnerable” despite it numbering in the 100,000 s and having a large geographical range …

Predation and scavenging have been classically understood as independent processes,
with predator–prey interactions and scavenger–carrion relationships occurring separately …