Implications of mesopredator release for biodiversity conservation, with particular reference to Australian systems

• Main Author: Crawford, H.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: Murdoch University. School of Biological Sciences 2010
• Subjects: Myers; Rayner; Ritchie; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/27896/

In 1988, Soulé et al. observed that chapparal-requiring birds experienced a population decline following elimination of the system’s top predator, the coyote. Exploration of the causes for the crash led the researchers to surmise that following coyote removal, there had been an increase in the abund...