Somers, Michael J.Walters, Michele2025-03-202024-12Somers, M.J. & Walters, M. 2024, 'Water provisioning shapes carnivore community structure', Trends in Ecology and Evolution, vol. 39, no. 12, pp. 1070-1072, doi : 10.1016/j.tree.2024.11.001.0169-5347 (print)1872-8383 (online)10.1016/j.tree.2024.11.001http://hdl.handle.net/2263/101622Water provisioning is common in arid and semi-arid African ecosystems, but its effects on carnivore communities are not understood. Recently, Morin et al. documented the unexpectedly contrasting space-use patterns of dominant and subordinate carnivores around water sources, with dominant carnivores facilitating subordinate carnivores.en© 2024 All rights are reserved, including those for text and data mining, AI training, and similar technologies. Notice : this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Trends in Ecology and Evolution. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. A definitive version was subsequently published in Trends in Ecology and Evolution, vol. 39, no. 12, pp. 1070-1072, doi : 10.1016/j.tree.2024.11.001.Water availabilityInterspecific interactionsCarnivore ecologySDG-06: Clean water and sanitationSDG-15: Life on landPostprint Article