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ArticleNature2026

Energy flows reveal declining ecosystem functions by animals across Africa.

Ty Loft, Imma Oliveras Menor, Nicola Stevens, Robert Beyer, Hayley S Clements, Luca Santini, Seth Thomas, Joseph A Tobias, Yadvinder Malhi

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Article in Nature, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Ty LoftEnvironmental Change Institute, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. tyloft25@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0008-0591-3948
Imma Oliveras MenorEnvironmental Change Institute, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5345-2236
Nicola StevensEnvironmental Change Institute, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0693-8409
Robert BeyerDepartment of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Hayley S ClementsCentre for Sustainability Transitions, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7015-6532
Luca SantiniDepartment of Biology and Biotechnologies "Charles Darwin", Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5418-3688
Seth ThomasDepartment of Biology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9610-539X
Joseph A TobiasDepartment of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Ascot, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2429-6179
Yadvinder MalhiEnvironmental Change Institute, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3503-4783

Funding

Clarendon Fund at the University of OxfordJennifer Ward Oppenheimer Research
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A key challenge for ecological science is to understand how biodiversity loss is changing ecosystem structure and function at scales that are relevant for policy

Indexed as

BiodiversityEcosystemAfricaAfrica South of the SaharaAnimalsBirdsConservation of Natural ResourcesFood ChainForestsMammalsPopulation Density

Identifiers

PMID41162713
PMCPMC12727517

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