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Trophic Cascade Effects

Trophic Cascade Effects is a theoretical construct in ecology that denotes a phenomenon whereby indirect interactions across trophic levels propagate measurable changes in ecosystem structure and function, distinguished from direct consumption effects by their reliance on predator-induced suppression or release of lower trophic levels.

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WOLVES INFLUENCE ELK MOVEMENTS: BEHAVIOR SHAPES A TROPHIC CASCADE IN YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK

Daniel Fortin, Hawthorne L. Beyer, Mark S. Boyce et al. · Ecology · 2005 · 1.4K citations

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Trophic cascades: the primacy of trait‐mediated indirect interactions

Oswald J. Schmitz, Vlastimil Křivan, Ofer Ovadia · Ecology Letters · 2004 · 1.1K citations

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Sea Otters and Kelp Forests in Alaska: Generality and Variation in a Community Ecological Paradigm

James A. Estes, David O. Duggins · Ecological Monographs · 1995 · 795 citations

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ELK ALTER HABITAT SELECTION AS AN ANTIPREDATOR RESPONSE TO WOLVES

Scott Creel, John A. Winnie, Bruce D. Maxwell et al. · Ecology · 2005 · 767 citations · Full text

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Predator diversity dampens trophic cascades

Deborah L. Finke, Robert F. Denno · Nature · 2004 · 587 citations

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    William J. Ripple

    Oregon State University, United States

    16 publications · 1.5K citations

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  2. RL
    Robert L. Beschta

    Oregon State University, United States

    12 publications · 1.2K citations

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  3. ML
    Mike Letnic

    UNSW Sydney, Australia

    7 publications · 445 citations

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  4. DR
    Donald R. Strong

    University of California, Davis, United States

    6 publications · 694 citations

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  5. JB
    Jonathan B. Shurin

    University of California San Diego, United States

    5 publications · 881 citations

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549

  1. Oregon State University

    Corvallis, United States

    16 h-index

    38 publications

    3.5K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    14 h-index

    42 publications

    2.4K citations

  3. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    13 h-index

    31 publications

    3.1K citations

  4. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    10 h-index

    35 publications

    1.4K citations

  5. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    10 h-index

    20 publications

    2.4K citations

  6. University of California, Santa Cruz

    Santa Cruz, United States

    9 h-index

    24 publications

    1.2K citations

  7. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

    Uppsala, Sweden

    7 h-index

    13 publications

    516 citations

  8. Aarhus University

    Aarhus, Denmark

    7 h-index

    16 publications

    475 citations

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  1. Ecology

    43 publications · 6.4K citations

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  2. Oikos

    20 publications · 1.3K citations

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  3. Journal of Animal Ecology

    18 publications · 1.2K citations

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  4. Limnology and Oceanography

    18 publications · 802 citations

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  5. Freshwater Biology

    11 publications · 447 citations

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