The extent to which vertebrate carnivores shift facultatively between predation and
scavenging has recently been emphasized. Potentially, all carnivores have to do is wait until …

Interactions among species, which range from competition to facilitation, have profound
effects on ecosystem functioning. Large carnivores are of particular importance in shaping …

Large terrestrial carnivores are an ecologically important, charismatic and highly
endangered group of species. Here, we assess the importance of prey depletion as a driver …

Winner, 2010 PROSE Award for Excellence in the Biological Sciences. Professional and
Scholarly Publishing division of the Association of American Publishers In this unique book …

No group of wild mammals so universally captures the emotions of people world-wide than
do wild canids. That emotion can be enchantment and fascination, but it can also be …

Africa's large predator guild (lion, Panthera leo; leopard, Panthera pardus; spotted hyaena,
Crocuta crocuta; cheetah, Acinonyx jubatus, and African wild dog, Lycaon pictus) occurs …

Successful conservation initiatives often lead to rapid increases in large carnivore densities
to the extent that overpopulation occurs. Yet conservation managers have no way of …

Risks of predation or interference competition are major factors shaping the distribution of
species. An animal's response to risk can either be reactive, to an immediate risk, or …

Africa supports Earth's richest assemblage of large predators, which coexist despite a high
degree of dietary overlap. This study used reviews of the prey preferences of African wild …

Thin on the Ground: Neandertal Biology, Archeology and Ecology synthesizes the current
knowledge about our sister species the Neandertals, combining data from a variety of …