Human-elephant conflict is a major conservation concern in elephant range countries. A
variety of management strategies have been developed and are practiced at different scales …

Ecology Letters (2012) 15: 378–392 Abstract Forest trees are the dominant species in many
parts of the world and predicting how they might respond to climate change is a vital global …

Tropical deforestation continues to be a major driver of biodiversity loss and greenhouse
gas emissions. Remote sensing technology is increasingly used to assess changes in forest …

Seed dispersal is a key process in plant communities and frugivory is very important in
vertebrate communities. This paper updates a review of frugivory and seed dispersal by …

As the largest frugivores on Earth, elephants have unique ecological properties. Found in
deserts, savannahs, and forests, they are the last remnants of a diverse lineage. Among the …

Tropical East Asia is home to over one billion people and faces massive human impacts
from its rising population and rapid economic growth. It has already lost more than two-thirds …

Propagule dispersal beyond local scales has been considered rare and unpredictable.
However, for many plants, invertebrates, and microbes dispersed by birds, long-distance …

Pleistocene extinctions affected mainly large‐bodied animals, determining the loss or
changes in numerous ecological functions. Evidence points to a central role of many extinct …

General principles about the consequences of seed dispersal by animals for the structure
and dynamics of plant populations and communities remain elusive. This is in part because …

Ecosystem engineers have been widely studied for terrestrial systems, but global trends in
research encompassing the range of taxa and functions have not previously been …