Evidence for top predator control of a grazing ecosystem

By D. Frank. 2008

84 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Ecology, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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In Ecology

1. W. Ripple
2. R. Beschta
3. Douglas W. Smith
4. R. Peterson
5. J. Vucetich
6. Joseph Bump
7. A. Hoey
8. K. Kirby

In Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

1. Douglas W. Smith
2. Maan Barua
3. D. Hocking
4. W. Ripple
5. R. Beschta
6. Kimberly J. Babbitt

In Nature and Landscape Conservation

1. W. Ripple
2. R. Beschta
3. J. Vucetich
4. Douglas W. Smith
5. K. Kirby
6. R. Peterson
7. A. Frisch
8. Jamie Lorimer

Citations in the corpus

• Trophic cascades in Yellowstone: The first 15 years after wolf reintroduction (2012, background): “In an abiotic example, Frank (2008) suggested that a wolf-triggered trophic cascade on elk likely altered net nitrogen mineralization in northern range grasslands.”
• Rewilding: Science, Practice, and Politics (2015, background): “F or p er so na l u se o nl y. REWILDING THROUGH THE REINTRODUCTION OF A KEYSTONE SPECIES: WOLVES AT YELLOWSTONE Yellowstone National Park (mainly within the US state of Wyoming) covers ∼898,000 hectares of mountain habitats, grassland, and forest.”
• Not worth the risk: apex predators suppress herbivory on coral reefs (2014, background): “In particular, changes in the density and distribution of large-bodied or apex predators can exert strong ecological eff ects that cascade through an entire ecosystem (Estes et al. 1998, 2011, Ripple et al. 2001, 2014, Frank 2008, Sandin et al. 2008).”
• Amphibian Contributions to Ecosystem Services (2014, background): “Additionally, there is potential for species with complex life cycles to contribute to the flow of energy and nutrients between habitats (Regester et al. 2006, 2008; Romero et al. 2010), but the balance of these flows remains unclear for nearly all ecosystems.”
• Trophic cascades in a multicausal world: Isle Royale and Yellowstone (2014, background): “Nevertheless, only one study has assessed changes in grassland communities since wolves were reintroduced, reporting data only during 1995–2000 when the level of wolf predation was relatively insignificant (Frank 2008).”
• Large predators and trophic cascades in terrestrial ecosystems of the western United States (2009, background): “, 2005) and altered net nitrogen mineralization in grasslands (Frank, 2008).”