In 2002, Gary Roemer, Josh Donlan and Franck Courchamp published a paper in PNAS showing how the introduction of pigs had reshaped an island’s foodweb and caused the decline of an endemic fox. Fourteen years after the study was published, I spoke to Gary Roemer about the making of this paper, and...
Conservation
Revisiting Terborgh et al. 2001
In 2001, John Terborgh, Lawrence Lopez, Percy Nuňez, Madhu Rao, Ghazala Shahabuddin, Gabriela Orihuela, Mailen Riveros, Rafael Ascanio, Greg Adler, Thomas Lambert and Luis Balbas published a paper in Science demonstrating a trophic cascade on predator-free islands, which were created as a result...
Revisiting Kruess and Tscharntke 1994
In 1994, Andreas Kruess and Teja Tscharntke published a paper in Science reporting the results of their experiments looking at how habitat fragmentation affects diversity and natural pest control in agricultural fields. Twenty-two years later, I spoke to Teja Tscharntke about the making of this...
Revisiting Simberloff and Von Holle 1999
In 1999, Daniel Simberloff and Betsy Von Holle published a review paper in Biological Invasions documenting the prevalence of positive interactions among nonindigenous species, and discussing the importance of such interactions in facilitating invasion. Seventeen years after the paper was...
Revisiting Laurance et al. 1998
In 1998, William Laurance, Leandro Ferreira, Judy Rankin-De Marona and Susan Laurance published a paper in Ecology describing findings from an 18-year field experiment on habitat fragmentation effects on rainforest trees in Central Amazonia. This paper was “publication number 183” from, arguably,...
Revisiting Naeem et al. 1994
In 1994, Shahid Naeem, Lindsey Thompson, Sharon Lawler, John Lawton and Richard Woodfin published a paper in the journal Nature that inspired a large body of work on biodiversity-ecosystem functioning and went on to become a “citation classic”. I spoke to Shahid Naeem about this paper, 22 years...