Status and Ecological Effects of the World’s Largest Carnivores

By W. Ripple, J. Estes, R. Beschta, C. Wilmers, Euan G. Ritchie, Mark Hebblewhite, J. Berger, B. Elmhagen, Mike Letnic, M. Nelson and 4 more. Science, 2014

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Subfields: Ecological Modeling, Ecology

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The wildlife snaring crisis: an insidious and pervasive threat to biodiversity in Southeast Asia (2018, background): “Illegal hunting for commercial purposes represents the greatest threat to the conservation of many of the iconic species which are the focus of global conservation efforts (Ripple et al. 2014, 2015).”
Conservation Challenges of Predator Recovery (2016, background): “2011), in some cases leading to undesired effects that propagate through ecosystems (Estes et al. 2011; Ripple et al. 2014).”
Resolving the value of the dingo in ecological restoration (2015, background): “Ecological research in Yellowstone has also provided a plethora of studies that document cascading interactions involving wolves (Ripple et al. 2014), although these are not without controversy.”
From regional to global patterns in vertebrate scavenger communities subsidized by big game hunting (2015, background): “Obligate scavengers (i.e. vultures) and apex predators can limit the presence of generalists at hunting remains (Mole on et al., 2014a; Ripple et al., 2014), out-competing them for food (Ruxton & Houston, 2004; Cort es-Avizanda et al., 2012; Ogada et al., 2012b).”
Stop Jumping the Gun: A Call for Evidence‐Based Invasive Predator Management (2017, background): “However, many large carnivores are declining due largely to habitat loss and persecution by humans aiming to reduce damage to livestock (Ripple et al. 2014).”
Predator control should not be a shot in the dark (2016, background): “Finally, the negative ecological effects of killing carnivores have recently been documented in many regions (Ripple et al. 2014; Krofel et al. 2015).”
Assessing global patterns in mammalian carnivore occupancy and richness by integrating local camera trap surveys (2017, background): “Nearly one-quarter of the world’s 245 carnivore species are threatened with extinction and many more are experiencing population declines (Ripple et al., 2014; Schipper, Hoffmann, Duckworth, & Conroy, 2008).”
Historic and prehistoric human‐driven extinctions have reshaped global mammal diversity patterns (2015, background): “We expect the largest differences for larger animals because both the Late Pleistocene extinctions and the later range contractions have been size selective (Koch & Barnosky, 2006; Ripple et al., 2014).”
Homage to Hersteinsson and Macdonald: climate warming and resource subsidies cause red fox range expansion and Arctic fox decline (2017, background): “Contrastingly, in more productive ecosystems, large carnivores can function as top predators, suppressing both ungulates and smaller mesopredators (Ripple et al. 2014).”
Livestock grazing in protected areas and its effects on large mammals in the Hyrcanian forest, Iran (2018, background): “However, even these common species may need stronger conservation action as wolves and wild boars have been intensively persecuted for livestock and crop damage, respectively (Ripple et al., 2014).”
Maintaining tiger connectivity and minimizing extinction into the next century: Insights from landscape genetics and spatially-explicit simulations (2017, background): “A majority (77%) of large carnivores continue to undergo worldwide decline, with 48 populations at risk of local extirpation due to habitat loss (Ripple et al. 2014).”
Multispecies assessment of core areas and connectivity of desert carnivores in central Iran (2018, background): “Despite their ecological importance, most carnivores have experienced major declines in both population size and geographic range over the past century (Ripple et al., 2014).”