Loss of Top Animal Predators Has Massive Ecological Effects

Thursday, July 14, 2011 - 14:00 in Earth & Climate

"Trophic Downgrading of Planet Earth," a review paper that will be published on July 15, 2011, in the journal Science, concludes that the decline of large predators and herbivores in all regions of the world is causing substantial changes to Earth's terrestrial, freshwater, and marine ecosystems.

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