Do behavioral foraging responses of prey to predators function similarly in restored and pristine foodwebs?

Efforts to restore top predators in human-altered systems raise the question of whether rebounds in predator populations are sufficient to restore pristine foodweb dynamics. Ocean ecosystems provide an ideal system to test this question. Removal of fishing in marine reserves often reverses declines...

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Main Authors: Elizabeth M P Madin, Steven D Gaines, Joshua S Madin, Anne-Katrin Link, Peggy J Lubchenco, Rebecca L Selden, Robert R Warner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3293809?pdf=render