Wild dogma: An examination of recent “evidence” for dingo regulation of invasive mesopredator release in Australia
There is growing interest in the role that apex predators play in shaping terrestrial ecosystems and maintaining trophic cascades. In line with the mesopredator release hypothesis, Australian dingoes (Canis lupus dingo and hybrids) are assumed by many to regulate the abundance of invasive mesopredat...
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Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2011-10-01
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Series: | Current Zoology |
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Online Access: | http://www.currentzoology.org/paperdetail.asp?id=11933 |