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Reliance of mobile species on sensitive habitats: a case study of manta rays (Manta alfredi) and lagoons
Quantifying the ecological importance of individual habitats to highly mobile animals is challenging because patterns of habitat reliance for these taxa are complex and difficult to observe. We investigated th...
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Open AccessFrom 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...
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Open AccessAcute 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...
