🧪 New preprint
We critically evaluate claims of a strong trophic cascade in Yellowstone following wolf recovery, identifying major methodological flaws that undermine this conclusion.
Read the full analysis here (open access): doi.org/10.32942/X2Q...
#Ecology #Yellowstone #TrophicCascades
Really good work to socialise #rewilding by several entities including @treesforlife.bsky.social now we need the #Scotland Parliament to step up. #lynx #trophiccascades www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
This UK zoo bred lynx kitten could be released to the Carpathian Mountains or the Alps. #lynx #rewilding #trophiccascades #environment
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
🦑 #marineresearch
"...we show that indirect interaction chains in southern Californian #kelp forests sharply weakened the #trophiccascades that #seaotters triggered, relative to cascades off Vancouver Island, BC."
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
#Seaotter #kelp
New research suggests that food web interactions and species abundance can influence the strength of #trophiccascades when #keystonespecies are introduced
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
New NIOO publication: The interplay between #defaunation and #phylogenetic diversity affects #leafdamage by natural enemies in tropical #plants, by @NachomanVillar and others. #atlanticforest #trophiccascades
https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.14273
Predator control is anathema. Predators are control right down to soil microbes. #trophiccascades
Study Shows Dramatic Effects Of Predators On #Carbon Cycle www.redorbit.com/news/science/1112876639/... #biodiversity #ecology #trophiccascades
