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 …

Plastic debris widely pollutes freshwaters. Abiotic and biotic degradation of plastics releases
carbon-based substrates that are available for heterotrophic growth, but little is known …

Microbes regulate the composition and turnover of organic matter. Here we developed a
framework called Energy-Diversity-Trait integrative Analysis to quantify how dissolved organic …

Priority question exercises are becoming an increasingly common tool to frame future agendas
in conservation and ecological science. They are an effective way to identify research …

Agriculture dominates the planet. Yet it has many environmental costs that are unsustainable,
especially as global food demand rises. Here, we evaluate ways in which different parts of …

Ungulates have reached such high densities in some natural ecosystems that culling is
frequently used to reduce their impacts on vegetation. However, much is still unknown about the …

Widespread evidence that organic matter exported from terrestrial into aquatic ecosystems
supports recipient food webs remains controversial. A pressing question is not only whether …

Aquatic ecosystems are fuelled by biogeochemical inputs from surrounding lands and within-lake
primary production. Disturbances that change these inputs may affect how aquatic …

High levels of deer browsing can prevent canopy tree regeneration, but little is known about
changes to forest size-structure following long-term deer herd reductions. We monitored …

Large mammalian herbivores significantly alter the functioning of a range of ecosystems
worldwide. One family of herbivores in particular, deer (Cervidae), have become widespread …