Potential Futures for Coastal Wolves and Their Ecosystem Services in Alaska, With Implications for Management of a Social-Ecological System

• Published in: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
• Main Authors: Sophie L. Gilbert, Trevor Haynes, Mark S. Lindberg, David M. Albert, Michelle Kissling, Laurel Lynch, Dave Person
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
• Subjects: Tongass National Forest; Alaska (United States); ecosystem service (ES) values; predator-prey interactions; social-ecological systems (SES); Endangered Species Act; Evolution; QH359-425; Ecology; QH540-549.5; Prince of Wales Island; Archipelago; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.809371; https://doaj.org/article/fae9ff0d9263498eb3eb27c3dc23a262

Carnivores across much of the world are declining, leading to loss of biodiversity as well as the ecosystem services carnivores provide. In 2020, the Alexander Archipelago (AA) wolf was petitioned for protection under the U.S. Endangered Species Act (ESA) for the third time in 30 years. Concerns inc...