The Equids
A Suite of Splendid Species
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Open AccessEverybody needs good neighbours: movement, habitat use, and conspecific association in a reintroduced mesopredator
As a reintroduction progresses through the establishment, growth, and regulation phases, density-dependent mechanisms increasingly drive population dynamics. This can complicate efforts to reinforce these popu...
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Open AccessLegislative hurdles to using traditional domestic livestock in rewilding programmes in Europe
Rewilding is a restoration strategy that aims to return anthropogenic ecosystems to a “self-organized” state, by reinstating trophic complexity through disturbance (e.g. predation, herbivory), dispersal and co...
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Open AccessMini Safe Havens for population recovery and reintroductions ‘beyond-the-fence’
In response to the ongoing decline of fauna worldwide, there has been growing interest in the rewilding of whole ecosystems outside of fenced sanctuaries or offshore islands. This interest will inevitably resu...
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Conclusion: A New Story of the Modern Equids
The stories in science are constantly evolving as new information comes to light. Without wanting to appear revisionist, we have rewritten the narrative around the equids, a suite of splendid species. Rather t...
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Forage Consumption and Digestion in the Modern Equids
Equids are herbivores that consume a wide range of plant species and plant parts. They have adaptations of their anatomy, physiology, and microbiology (still in this infancy as a scientific research area) that...
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Open AccessRoadmap to recovery revealed through the reintroduction of an IUCN Red List species
Reintroductions are powerful tools for tackling biodiversity loss, but the resulting populations can be intrinsically small and vulnerable. It is therefore critical to maximise the number of individuals that a...
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Are Equids Evolutionary Dead Ends?
We posit that it is trite to compare equids with Pecora or ruminants and conclude that the equid lifestyle is less ‘successful’ because equids are hindgut-fermenters and happen to be less speciose than ruminan...
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Open AccessDancing to a different tune: changing reproductive seasonality in an introduced chital deer population
Male and female reproductive behaviour is typically synchronised. In species such as those in the family Cervidae, reproductive timing is often cued by photoperiod, although in females, it can be dependent on bod...
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The ‘Goldilocks Zone’ of predation: the level of fox control needed to select predator resistance in a reintroduced mammal in Australia
A large component of the anthropogenic biodiversity crisis is the loss of animal species. In response, there has been significant investment in reintroductions of species to their historical ranges. Predation ...
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Preparing interdisciplinary leadership for a sustainable future
Urgent sustainability challenges require effective leadership for inter- and trans-disciplinary (ITD) institutions. Based on the diverse experiences of 20 ITD institutional leaders and specific case studies, t...
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Exploring sustainable scenarios in debt-based social–ecological systems: The case for palm oil production in Indonesia
A debt-based economy requires the accumulation of more and more debt to finance economic growth, while future economic growth is needed to repay the debt, and so the cycle continues. Despite global debt reachi...
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Transition to density dependence in a reintroduced ecosystem engineer
When does a reintroduced population of animals become self-regulating? Quantifying this is critical in determining when interventions can be tapered off, or when they may need to be reinstated. We tracked the ...
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The Ecology of Browsing and Grazing II
Globally, many terrestrial ecosystems have been and are being heavily influenced by human activity, both directly and indirectly. Humanity and our domestic animals (1.4 billion cattle, 1.2 billion sheep and 0....
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Browsers and Grazers Drive the Dynamics of Ecosystems
Large mammalian herbivores and the ecosystems in which they live are intimately connected through the food choices the animals make. Herbivores eat plants and plants have evolved mechanisms to defend themselve...
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The Ecology of Browsing and Grazing in Other Vertebrate Taxa
Since the publication of the “The Ecology of Browsing and Grazing” (Gordon and Prins, The ecology of browsing and grazing. Springer, 2008), a number of researchers have taken the approach outlined in the book ...
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Why biodiversity declines as protected areas increase: the effect of the power of governance regimes on sustainable landscapes
Achieving sustainable landscapes that integrate food production with biodiversity conservation remains challenging, particularly in the tropics where most forest clearance results from conversion to industrial...
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Modelling habitat preferences of feral pigs for rooting in lowland rainforest
Feral pigs (Sus scrofa) occupy many different habitats worldwide. Their rooting foraging behaviour poses a serious threat to biodiversity as the resulting soil disturbance alters ecosystem structure and function....
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Open AccessResponses of red deer (Cervus elaphus) to regular disturbance by hill walkers
Disturbance to wildlife from human recreational activities is increasing as remote areas become accessible to greater numbers of people. We used Global Positioning System tracking collars to monitor the moveme...
