Toward understanding the effect of top predators on ecosystems

To what extent top predators - carnivores at the top of food chains - drive or just respond to ecosystem dynamics is a central, but partially unresolved, question in ecology. In this report, we highlight how different research approaches employed in aquatic and terrestrial ecology may have a bearing...

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Autores principales: Lecomte, Nicolas, Ehrich, Dorothée, Ims, Rolf A, Yoccoz, Nigel G
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Biology Reports Ltd 2009
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2924694/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20948660
http://dx.doi.org/10.3410/B1-26
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spelling pubmed-29246942010-10-14 Toward understanding the effect of top predators on ecosystems Lecomte, Nicolas Ehrich, Dorothée Ims, Rolf A Yoccoz, Nigel G F1000 Biol Rep Review Article To what extent top predators - carnivores at the top of food chains - drive or just respond to ecosystem dynamics is a central, but partially unresolved, question in ecology. In this report, we highlight how different research approaches employed in aquatic and terrestrial ecology may have a bearing on how the role of top predators in ecosystems is perceived. Biology Reports Ltd 2009-03-24 /pmc/articles/PMC2924694/ /pubmed/20948660 http://dx.doi.org/10.3410/B1-26 Text en © 2009 Biology Reports Ltd http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/legalcode This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. You may not use this work for commercial purposes
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