Ecosystem services and other wildlife benefits

Beauty and the beast: multiple effects of wild boar rooting on butterfly microhabitat (Labadessa, R. & Ancillotto, L., 2023)

Can reintroduction of beavers improve insect biodiversity? (Holm Andersen, L. et al., 2023)

A biodiversity boost from the Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) in Germany’s oldest National Park (Orazi, V. et al., 2022)

Establishing the potential influence of beaver activity on the functioning of rivers and streams and water resource management in Scotland (Geris, J. et al., 2022)

Predators reduce niche overlap between sympatric prey (Dellinger, J.A. et al., 2022)

Re-articulating forest politics through “rights to forest” and “rights of forest” (Meriläinen, E. & Lehtinen, A.A., 2022)

Rewilding the American West (Ripple, W.J. et al., 2022)

The role of wolves in regulating a chronic non-communicable disease, osteoarthritis, in prey populations (Roy, S.H. et al., 2022)

Beavers and flood alleviation: Human perspectives from downstream communities (Auster, R.E. et al., 2021)

Burrow webs: Clawing the surface of interactions with burrows excavated by American badgers (Andersen, M.L. et al., 2021)

Evaluation of the presence of ASFV in wolf feces collected from areas in Poland with ASFV persistence (Szewczyk, M. et al., 2021)

Scavengers reduce potential brucellosis transmission risk in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (Szcodronski, K. et al., 2021)

Smokey the Beaver: Beaver‐dammed riparian corridors stay green during wildfire throughout the western USA (Fairfax, E. & Whittle, A., 2021)

Spatial compartmentalization: A nonlethal predator mechanism to reduce parasite transmission between prey species (Oliveira-Santos, L.G.R. et al., 2021)

The role of the brown bear Ursus arctos as a legitimate megafaunal seed disperser (García-Rodríguez, A. et al., 2021)

Wolves make roadways safer, generating large economic returns to predator conservation (Raynor, J.L. et al., 2021)

Beaver: nature’s ecosystem engineers (Brazier, R. et al., 2020)

Endozoochorous dispersal by herbivores and omnivores is mediated by germination conditions (Karimi, S. et al., 2020)

Hydraulic modeling of beaver dams and evaluation of their impacts on flood events (Neumayer, M. et al., 2020)

Introduced herbivores restore Late Pleistocene ecological functions (Lundgren, E.J. et al., 2020)

The importance of individual movement and feeding behaviour for long-distance seed dispersal by red deer: a data-driven model (Wright, S.J. et al., 2020)

The beaver facilitates species richness and abundance of terrestrial and semi-aquatic mammals (Nummi, P. et al., 2019)

Wolves contribute to disease control in a multi-host system (Tanner, E. et al., 2019)

Large herbivores in novel ecosystems – Habitat selection by red deer (Cervus elaphus) in a former brown-coal mining area (Müller, A. et al., 2017)

The influence of wild boar (Sus scrofa) on microhabitat quality for the endangered butterfly Pyrgus malvae in the Netherlands (De Schaetzen, F. et al., 2018)

Paws without claws? Ecological effects of large carnivores in anthropogenic landscapes (Kuijper, D.P.J. et al., 2016)

The engineering in beaver dams (Müller, G. & Watling, J., 2016)

Landscape-scale carbon storage associated with beaver dams (Wohl, E., 2015)

Rewilding European landscapes (Pereira, H.M. et al., 2015)

Wolves trigger a trophic cascade to berries as alternative food for grizzly bears (Ripple, W.J. et al., 2015)

Status and ecological effects of the world’s largest carnivores (Ripple, W.J. et al., 2014)

Trophic cascades in a multicausal world: Isle Royale and Yellowstone (Peterson, R.O. et al., 2014)

Burrowing by badgers (Meles meles) and foxes (Vulpes vulpes) changes soil conditions and vegetation in a European temperate forest (Kurek, P. et al., 2013)

Rewilding the Scottish Highlands: Do wild boar, Sus scrofa, use a suitable foraging strategy to be effective ecosystem engineers? (Sandom, C.J. & Hughes, J., 2013)

Trophic cascades from wolves to grizzly bears in Yellowstone (Ripple, W.J. et al., 2013)

Reintroduction of beavers Castor fiber may improve habitat quality for vespertilionid bats foraging in small river valleys (Ciechanowski, M. et al., 2011)

Trophic cascades in Yellowstone: The first 15 years after wolf reintroduction (Ripple, W.J. & Beschta, R.L., 2011)

Ungulate winter habitat selection as a driver of herbaceous-layer heterogeneity in northern temperate forests (Jensen, N.R. et al., 2011)

Ecosystem engineers maintain a rare species of butterfly and increase plant diversity (Bartel, R.A. et al., 2010)

Herbivory enhances positive effects of plant genotypic diversity (Parker, J.D. et al., 2010)

Large predators and trophic cascades in terrestrial ecosystems of the western United States (Beschta, R.L. & Ripple, W.J., 2009)

Beaver ponds as habitat of amphibian communities in a central European highland (Dalbeck, L. et al., 2007)

Wolves, elk, and aspen in the winter range of Jasper National Park, Canada (Beschta, R.L. & Ripple, W.J., 2007)

Economic impacts of the beaver (Campbell, R. et al., 2007)

Why study woodpeckers? The significance of woodpeckers in forest ecosystems (Virkkala, R., 2006)

Gray wolves as climate change buffers in Yellowstone (Wilmers, C.C. et al., 2005)

Large herbivores in the wildwood and modern naturalistic grazing systems (Hodder, K.H. et al., 2005)

The role of large herbivores in shaping the upland landscapes of Britain: What does the science of herbivore ecology tell us? (Luxmoore, R.A. & Fenton, J., 2005)

Herbivores as mediators of their environment: the impact of large and small species on vegetation dynamics (Bakker, E.S., 2003)

Trophic facilitation by introduced top predators: grey wolf subsidies to scavengers in Yellowstone National Park (Wilmers, C.C. et al., 2003)

The impact of deer on lowland woodland invertebrates: A review of the evidence and priorities for future research (Stewart, A., 2001)

The impact of deer on woodlands: The effects of browsing and seed dispersal on vegetation structure and composition (Gill, R.M.A. & Beardall, V., 2001)

The importance of beaver to wetland habitats and waterfowl in Wyoming (McKinstry, M.C. et al., 2001)

Trophic cascades among wolves, elk and aspen on Yellowstone National Park’s northern range (Ripple, W.J. et al., 2001)

Historic aspen recruitment, elk, and wolves in northern Yellowstone National Park, USA (Ripple, W.J. & Larsen. E.J., 2000)

Simulated effects of the beaver on vegetation, invertebrates and ducks (Nummi, P., 1989)