Fear of large carnivores causes a trophic cascade
Top predators may indirectly influence ecological processes through fear-induced behavioural changes in their prey. By experimentally manipulating this ‘landscape of fear’, Suraci et al. show that fear of large carnivores in a mesopredator can cause cascading effects down the food web that benefit i...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2016-02-01
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| Series: | Nature Communications |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10698 |