Recent studies document unprecedented declines in marine top predators that can initiate
trophic cascades. Predicting the wider ecological consequences of these declines requires …

… ) are low, such a situation may arise for generalist predators with access to many prey types
that vary in both their abundance and susceptibility to attack across habitats (eg Heithaus …

… Blanchard for statistical advice, and the late R. Myers for his influence and inspiration.
Financial support was provided by the Lenfest Ocean Program and NSF grant OCE00745606. …

In Shark Bay, wild bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops sp.) apparently use marine sponges as
foraging tools. We demonstrate that genetic and ecological explanations for this behavior are …

A predictive framework of community and ecosystem dynamics that applies across systems
has remained elusive, in part because non‐consumptive predator effects are often ignored. …

Adequate conservation and management of shark populations is becoming increasingly
important on a global scale, especially because many species are exceptionally vulnerable to …

… to face substantial risk of predation from them (Heithaus 2001b). These sharks are not
present in the study area at all times (Heithaus 2001c) and thus dolphins are exposed to varying …

Although predation is recognized as an important factor for sea turtles at early life history
stages, the possible influences of predators on adult sea turtles have largely been overlooked. …

Ongoing and rapid declines in populations of many large-bodied sharks throughout the world
are now widely recognized as a critical conservation challenge (eg, Musick, Branstetter, …

This study examines factors influencing female reproductive success in wild Indian Ocean
bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops sp.) in Shark Bay, Australia. Eighty-three females and their 142 …