Linking a cougar decline, trophic cascade, and catastrophic regime shift in Zion National Park
By W. Ripple, R. Beschta. 2006
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Subfields: Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation
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- Temporal Partitioning of Activity in Large African Carnivores: Tests of Multiple Hypotheses (2009, background): “…with a multi-species large predator guild, we do not fully understand how top-down processes from the guild as a whole operate (Finke & Denno 2005) or what effects removing components of that guild may cause (e.g. when an incomplete guild is introduced) (but see Ripple & Beschta 2006, 2007).”
- Dietary Niche Overlap in a Nearshore Elasmobranch Mesopredator Community (2011, unknown): “In fact, many ecosystems have experienced fundamental changes in structure and function because of apex predator loss (e.g. Terborgh et al. 2001, Ripple & Beschta 2006).”
- Density and activity patterns of ocelots (Leopardus pardalis) in northern Peru and the impact of oil exploration activities (2010, background): “Due to the key role that large carnivores play in regulation of ecosystem function (Crooks and Soule, 1999; Ray et al., 2005; Ripple and Beschta, 2006; Terborgh et al., 1999), knowledge of how their populations respond to human disturbances is crucial to ecosystem conservation efforts.”
- Large predators and trophic cascades in terrestrial ecosystems of the western United States (2009, methodology): “Biol. Conserv. (2009), doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2009.06.015 cascading biological effects may occur in ecosystems following removal/displacement of large predators ( Ripple and Beschta, 2006a ).”
- The Ecological Role of the Mammalian Mesocarnivore (2009, background): “…reducing the forage base and the abundance of beaver (Castor canadensis), limiting nesting habitat for migratory songbirds, and even negatively affecting hydrological properties of riparian habitats by increasing erosion (Berger et al. 2001, Ripple and Beschta 2004, Beschta and Ripple 2008).”
- The potential for large carnivores to act as biodiversity surrogates in southern Africa (2008, unknown): “For instance, a drastic decline in cougar (Felis concolor) numbers in Zion National Park in Utah, USA was shown to cause a trophic cascade with structural eVects on both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems within the park (Ripple and Bechta 2006).”
- Extent and fragmentation of suitable leopard habitat in South Africa (2013, background): “For example, apex predators can maintain species diversity by preventing mesopredator release, by preventing competitive exclusion or through indirect habitat effects (Crooks & Soule, 1999; Ripple & Beschta, 2006).”
- Lion hunting behaviour and vegetation structure in an African savanna (2013, unknown): “Sustainable predatoreprey interactions exemplify con-ditions that are difficult to achieve within protected areas (Sinclair et al. 2003, 2008; Tambling & Du Toit 2005; Ripple & Beschta 2006; Hayward & Somers 2009).”
- Trophic cascades involving cougar, mule deer, and black oaks in Yosemite National Park (2008, background): “Our findings in Yosemite Valley are consistent with other studies describing trophic cascades in cougar/mule deer systems on the Kaibab Plateau (Leopold, 1943; Binkley et al., 2005) and in Zion National Park (Ripple and Beschta, 2006).”
- Widespread mesopredator effects after wolf extirpation (2013, background): “These cervid irruptions have been documented to have cascading impacts on plant biomass, vertebrate and invertebrate species abundance, and stream hydromorphology (Berger et al., 2001; Hebblewhite et al., 2005; Ripple and Beschta, 2006; but see Mech, 2012).”