Trophic Downgrading of Planet Earth

By J. Estes, J. Terborgh, J. Brashares, M. Power, J. Berger, W. Bond, Stephen R. Carpenter, T. Essington, R. Holt, J. Jackson and 14 more. Science, 2011

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Subfields: Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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Status and Ecological Effects of the World’s Largest Carnivores (2014, background): “One of the main ecological arguments for the conservation of large carnivores is that they are often capable of exerting strong regulatory effects on ecosystems (5, 15).”
Use of marine protected areas and exclusive economic zones in the subtropical western North Atlantic Ocean by large highly mobile sharks (2016, positive): “Mitigating or reversing population declines is of great interest due to the role apex predators may play in the regulation of marine ecosystem dynamics (Heithaus et al. , 2008; Estes et al. , 2011; Ruppert et al. , 2013).”
Large predators limit herbivore densities in northern forest ecosystems (2012, positive): “Thus, over ecological time the exclusion of large carnivores from forest landscapes may lead to simplified plant communities, alternative stable states, and altered biodiversity (Beschta and Ripple 2009; Côté et al. 2004; Estes et al. 2011; Terborgh et al. 2001).”
Approaches to defining a planetary boundary for biodiversity (2014, background): “It could be designed to be sensitive to large-scale losses in particular functional groups, such as important food and fibre species, top predators (Estes et al., 2011), plants with traits for high carbon assimilation, transfer and storage below ground (De Deyn et al.”
Don't bite the hand that feeds: assessing ecological impacts of provisioning ecotourism on an apex marine predator (2012, background): “…apex predators; however, this is of particular concern in the light of recent studies demonstrating that changes in abundance and behaviour of apex predators may have cascading impacts on a variety of ecological processes (Ripple & Beschta 2007; Creel & Christianson 2008; Estes et al. 2011).”
Key factors driving attitudes towards large mammals in conflict with humans (2014, background): “…larger mammalian species primarily occur outside protected areas (Crooks et al., 2011; Grunblatt et al., 1996; IUCN, 2008); are generally more endangered (Inskip and Zimmermann, 2009; IUCN, 2008; Schipper et al., 2008), and are keystone species governing ecological processes (Estes et al., 2011).”
The trophodynamics of marine top predators: Current knowledge, recent advances and challenges (2015, background): “representing these changes (e.g. Ainley et al., 2007; Estes et al., 2011; Estes et al., 1998; Griffiths et al., 2013).”
Can we save large carnivores without losing large carnivore science (2017, background): “ories or hypotheses) and that the burden of proof for demonstrating their reality should be placed on those who do not believe them (Estes et al., 2011).”
The ecological effects of providing resource subsidies to predators (2015, background): “Predators structure ecosystems in many parts of the world (Estes et al., 2011).”