Understanding the cascading effect of carnivore loss… before we lose all the carnivores
Posted 25 Jan 2014 / 0NPR Morning Edition “When Big Carnivores Go Down, Even Vegetarians Take The Hit”
Science “Status and Ecological Effects of the World’s Largest Carnivores”
Both of these articles are great for introducing the idea of trophic cascades as well as how trophic inefficiency implies that large predators require large ranges containing abundant prey.
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