Top predators constrain mesopredator distributions
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Top predators constrain mesopredator distributions
Top predators can suppress mesopredators by killing them, competing for resources and instilling fear, but it is unclear how suppression of mesopredators varies with the distribution and abundance of top predators at large spatial scales and among different ecological contexts. We suggest that suppression of mesopredators will be strongest where top predators occur at high densities over large ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nature Communications
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms15469