9 Result(s)

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Dynamic interplay: disentangling the temporal variability of fish effects on coral recruitment

Ecosystems around the world are continuously undergoing recovery from anthropogenic disturbances like climate change, overexploitation, and habitat destruction. Coral reefs are a prime example of a threatened ...

Jamie M. McDevitt-Irwin, Douglas J. McCauley, Daniel R. Brumbaugh… in Scientific Reports (2023)

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Deep learning enables satellite-based monitoring of large populations of terrestrial mammals across heterogeneous landscape

New satellite remote sensing and machine learning techniques offer untapped possibilities to monitor global biodiversity with unprecedented speed and precision. These efficiencies promise to reveal novel ecolo...

Zi**g Wu, Ce Zhang, **aowei Gu, Isla Duporge, Lacey F. Hughey… in Nature Communications (2023)

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Spatial ecology of male hippopotamus in a changing watershed

The obligate dependency of the common hippopotamus, Hippopotamus amphibius, on water makes them particularly vulnerable to hydrological disturbances. Despite the threats facing this at-risk species, there is a la...

Keenan Stears, Tristan A. Nuñez, Epaphras A. Muse… in Scientific Reports (2019)

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Resetting predator baselines in coral reef ecosystems

What did coral reef ecosystems look like before human impacts became pervasive? Early efforts to reconstruct baselines resulted in the controversial suggestion that pristine coral reefs have inverted trophic p...

Darcy Bradley, Eric Conklin, Yannis P. Papastamatiou… in Scientific Reports (2017)

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Conservation: smart advocacy needs data

Douglas J. McCauley, Francis H. Joyce, Jane Lubchenco in Nature (2016)

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Nutrition: Fall in fish catch threatens human health

Christopher Golden and colleagues calculate that declining numbers of marine fish will spell more malnutrition in many develo** nations.

Christopher D. Golden, Edward H. Allison, William W. L. Cheung, Madan M. Dey… in Nature (2016)

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From wing to wing: the persistence of long ecological interaction chains in less-disturbed ecosystems

Human impact on biodiversity usually is measured by reduction in species abundance or richness. Just as important, but much more difficult to discern, is the anthropogenic elimination of ecological interaction...

Douglas J. McCauley, Paul A. DeSalles, Hillary S. Young… in Scientific Reports (2012)

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Acute effects of removing large fish from a near-pristine coral reef

Large animals are severely depleted in many ecosystems, yet we are only beginning to understand the ecological implications of their loss. To empirically measure the short-term effects of removing large animal...

Douglas J. McCauley, Fiorenza Micheli, Hillary S. Young… in Marine Biology (2010)

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Nature: McCauley replies

Douglas J. McCauley in Nature (2006)