As the giants of the animal kingdom dwindle in numbers, a new way to assess ecosystem function sheds light on animals’ changing ecological contributions. Wendy Foden is in the Scientific Services unit ...
New research from Oxford University reveals that Africa' s ecosystems are functioning at less than two-thirds of their ...
The continent’s ecosystems now run on less than two-thirds of their historical energy, with the decline of elephants, lions, ...
Scientists warn that losing Africa’s large animals is draining ecosystem energy and reshaping the continent’s biodiversity.
A food web can be seen as a collection of pathways distributing energy to the ecological community. Because of thermodynamical as well as ecological constraints, some pathways are more important than ...
A new Oxford study uncovers a hidden energy crisis within Africa’s wildlife, revealing how the loss of large animals may be silently reshaping entire ecosystems.