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Predation risk can modify the foraging behaviour of frugivorous carnivores: Implications of rewilding apex predators for plant-animal mutualisms. [PDF]

J Anim Ecol, 2022
Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) foraging placidly on Iberian pear fruits (Pyrus bourgaeana) in one fruit depot created for the field experiment of this study outside Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) ranges. Abstract Apex predators play key roles in food webs and their recovery can trigger trophic cascades in some ecosystems.
Burgos T, Fedriani JM, Escribano-Ávila G, Seoane J, Hernández-Hernández J, Virgós E.   +5 more
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Examining the structure of plant-lemur interactions in the face of imperfect knowledge. [PDF]

Conserv Biol
Abstract Biotic interactions, such as plant–animal seed dispersal mutualisms, are essential for ecosystem function. Such interactions are threatened by the possible extinction of the animal partners. Using a data set that includes plant–lemur interactions across Madagascar, we studied the current state of knowledge of these interactions and their ...
Tonos J, Papinot B, Park DS, Raelison M, Ramaroson H, Stubbs J, Razafindratsima OH.   +6 more
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The changing sociocultural context of wildlife conservation. [PDF]

Conserv Biol, 2020
Abstract We introduced a multilevel model of value shift to describe the changing social context of wildlife conservation. Our model depicts how cultural‐level processes driven by modernization (e.g., increased wealth, education, and urbanization) affect changes in individual‐level cognition that prompt a shift from domination to mutualism wildlife ...
Manfredo MJ, Teel TL, Don Carlos AW, Sullivan L, Bright AD, Dietsch AM, Bruskotter J, Fulton D.   +7 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

The interplay between virus infection and water-related stress is mediated by the plant metabolism of ascorbic acid. [PDF]

New Phytol
Summary Plants are often subjected to environmental variations in the context of infection such that virus‐induced and abiotic stresses co‐occur. One such environmental variation is water stress, which strongly impacts plant fitness. Although there is ample evidence of the beneficial effects of plant viruses under drought, the consequences of infection
Jaime C, Montes N, Gil-Valle M, Dunger G, Pagán I.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

The place for people in rewilding. [PDF]

Conserv Biol
Abstract Rewilding, although controversial, is increasingly presented as humanity's best hope of addressing the global biodiversity crisis, but it remains unclear how restoring nonhuman autonomy affects people's relationships with nature. We conceptualized 3 human–nature relationships (HNRs) that could occur when restoring nonhuman autonomy: human ...
Glentworth J, Gilchrist A, Avery R.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Phenological overlap between crop and pollinators: Contrasting influence of native and non‐native bees on raspberry fruits over the flowering season

Journal of Applied Ecology, Volume 60, Issue 12, Page 2540-2549, December 2023., 2023
Providing sufficient pollen and nectar resources to support wild pollinators over extended periods in agricultural landscapes can contribute to crop pollination and ensure high fruit weight and quality. This can be achieved by restoring natural and semi‐natural areas near crop fields with native, long‐flowering plant species.
Agustín Sáez, Lucas A. Garibaldi, Marcelo A. Aizen, Carolina L. Morales, Anna Traveset, Grecia S. de Groot, Reto Schmucki   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of semantics in the study of tolerance for wolves

Conservation Biology, Volume 37, Issue 2, April 2023., 2023
Abstract As conservation scholars increasingly recognize the critical role of human thought and behavior in determining the persistence of biodiversity across the globe, a growing line of inquiry regarding the validity and comparability of previous applications of core psychological concepts has emerged.
Shelby C. Carlson, Alia M. Dietsch, Kristina M. Slagle, Jeremy T. Bruskotter   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The ecology and evolution of human‐wildlife cooperation

People and Nature, Volume 4, Issue 4, Page 841-855, August 2022., 2022
Abstract Human‐wildlife cooperation is a type of mutualism in which a human and a wild, free‐living animal actively coordinate their behaviour to achieve a common beneficial outcome. While other cooperative human‐animal interactions involving captive coercion or artificial selection (including domestication) have received extensive attention, we lack ...
Dominic L. Cram, Jessica E. M. van der Wal, Natalie Uomini, Mauricio Cantor, Anap I. Afan, Mairenn C. Attwood, Jenny Amphaeris, Fatima Balasani, Cameron J. Blair, Judith L. Bronstein, Iahaia O. Buanachique, Rion R. T. Cuthill, Jewel Das, Fábio G. Daura‐Jorge, Apurba Deb, Tanmay Dixit, Gcina S. Dlamini, Edmond Dounias, Isa I. Gedi, Martin Gruber, Lilian S. Hoffmann, Tobias Holzlehner, Hussein A. Isack, Eliupendo A. Laltaika, David J. Lloyd‐Jones, Jess Lund, Alexandre M. S. Machado, L. Mahadevan, Ignacio B. Moreno, Chima J. Nwaogu, Raymond Pierotti, Seliano A. Rucunua, Wilson F. dos Santos, Nathalia Serpa, Brian D. Smith, Hari Sridhar, Irina Tolkova, Tint Tun, João V. S. Valle‐Pereira, Brian M. Wood, Richard W. Wrangham, Claire N. Spottiswoode   +41 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluating the success of functional restoration after reintroduction of a lost avian pollinator

Conservation Biology, Volume 36, Issue 4, August 2022., 2022
Abstract Conservation translocation is a common method for species recovery, for which one increasingly frequent objective is restoring lost ecological functions to promote ecosystem recovery. However, few conservation translocation programs explicitly state or monitor function as an objective, limiting the ability to test assumptions, learn from past ...
Caitlin E. Andrews, Sandra H. Anderson, Karin van der Walt, Rose Thorogood, John G. Ewen   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Context dependence in the symbiosis between Dictyostelium discoideum and Paraburkholderia

Evolution Letters, Volume 6, Issue 3, Page 245-254, June 2022., 2022
Abstract Symbiotic interactions change with environmental context. Measuring these context‐dependent effects in hosts and symbionts is critical to determining the nature of symbiotic interactions. We investigated context dependence in the symbiosis between social amoeba hosts and their inedible Paraburkholderia bacterial symbionts, where the context is
Trey J. Scott, David C. Queller, Joan E. Strassmann   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source