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Tag Archives: apex consumers
Biotic simplification and ecological reorganization
From a powerful review paper in Science on the Trophic Downgrading of Planet Earth (DOI: 10.1126/science.1205106) James A. Estes and many other ecological stars documents the strong role of apex consumers (i.e. big herbivores like elephants) and top predators (e.g. … Continue reading
Posted in Regime Shifts, Reorganization
Tagged apex consumers, ecology, James Estes, top predators, trophic cascade, Trophic Downgrading
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