Herbivory is a key process structuring vegetation in savannas, especially in Africa where
large mammal herbivore communities remain intact. Exclusion experiments consistently …

Fire activity varies substantially at global scales because of the influence of climate, but at
broad spatiotemporal scales, the possible effects of herbivory on fire activity are unknown …

Abstract The Late Pleistocene-early Holocene faunal turnover in South America was
characterized by the extinction of all mammals with body mass> 300 kg and several smaller …

Present-day African ecosystems serve as referential models for conceptualizing the
environmental context of early hominin evolution, but the degree to which modern …

Extreme weather events perturb ecosystems and increasingly threaten biodiversity.
Ecologists emphasize the need to forecast and mitigate the impacts of these events, which …

Ungulate migrations are crucial for maintaining abundant populations and functional
ecosystems. However, little is known about how or why migratory behaviour evolved in …

The coexistence of different species of large herbivores (ungulates) in grasslands and
savannas has fascinated ecologists for decades. However, changes in climate, land‐use …

Spatial heterogeneity in ecological systems can result from animal‐driven top–down
processes, but despite some theoretical attention, the emergence of spatial heterogeneity …

The freshwater cycle over land is fundamental for sustainability and resilience, yet is
extensively modified and shaped by a vast range of human interventions in the land, water …

Increasingly frequent and severe droughts under climate change are expected to have
major impacts on vegetation worldwide. However, research to date has focused on tree …