The unprecedented rates of defaunation, that is the loss of medium and large animals from ecosystems, are among the main features distinguishing the Anthropocene. With the fading of their populations, all their trophic interactions are also vanishing with unanticipated effects on the coexistence of other non-target species. Peguero et al. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.12590
Animal Ecology In Focus 
