Comments on: Classics: Mesopredator Release http://conservationbytes.com/2010/03/17/mesopredator-release/ Conservation research... with bite Thu, 23 May 2013 23:09:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: adamgaylord http://conservationbytes.com/2010/03/17/mesopredator-release/#comment-20980 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 05:23:33 +0000 http://conservationbytes.com/?p=3583#comment-20980 I drew a geeky comic related to this topic. Check it out:

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]]> By: Essential predators « ConservationBytes.com http://conservationbytes.com/2010/03/17/mesopredator-release/#comment-18468 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 05:19:25 +0000 http://conservationbytes.com/?p=3583#comment-18468 [...] the important regulating role of predators in myriad systems. We have written extensively on the mesopredator release concept applied to dingos, sharks and coyotes, but we haven’t really expanded on the broader [...]

]]> By: Humans are not Mesopredators? « Little Space Sheep http://conservationbytes.com/2010/03/17/mesopredator-release/#comment-14503 Tue, 05 Jun 2012 14:52:50 +0000 http://conservationbytes.com/?p=3583#comment-14503 [...] can read more about “mesopredator release” here and here. And you can read about humans as apex predators [...]

]]> By: Can Australia afford the dingo fence? « ConservationBytes.com http://conservationbytes.com/2010/03/17/mesopredator-release/#comment-14392 Fri, 18 May 2012 00:51:42 +0000 http://conservationbytes.com/?p=3583#comment-14392 [...] when dingoes are abundant, foxes and cats aren’t, and native marsupials are. It’s called the “mesopredator” effect, and highlights the important role of predators in maintaining healthy [...]

]]> By: A modest proposal to import a notoriously invasive carnivore to eat all our lambs and native wildlife « economical ecology http://conservationbytes.com/2010/03/17/mesopredator-release/#comment-8673 Fri, 26 Aug 2011 07:23:49 +0000 http://conservationbytes.com/?p=3583#comment-8673 [...] of Mr. Fox and the persecution of Australia’s top predator, the dingo, this wily little mesopredator has been implicated in the extinction of around 20 native mammals, and has a habit of predating on [...]

]]> By: Student opportunities with Australian Wildlife Conservancy « ConservationBytes.com http://conservationbytes.com/2010/03/17/mesopredator-release/#comment-4357 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:44:11 +0000 http://conservationbytes.com/?p=3583#comment-4357 [...] removal of foxes in Western Australian forests may have led to mesopredator release of cats, and thus an increase in predation pressure on a suite of native fauna. This process may [...]

]]> By: The spillover effect « ConservationBytes.com http://conservationbytes.com/2010/03/17/mesopredator-release/#comment-3567 Sun, 18 Apr 2010 13:40:16 +0000 http://conservationbytes.com/?p=3583#comment-3567 [...] of maintaining top predators in guarding ecosystem health cannot be understated (see previous posts here, here and here); and 2. It’s not just an immediate benefit – entire communities slowly [...]

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