• DOI:10.1046/J.1365-2656.1999.00285.X
Corpus ID: 31313856

Cats protecting birds: modelling the mesopredator release effect

@article{Courchamp1999CatsPB,
  title={Cats protecting birds: modelling the mesopredator release effect},
  author={F. Courchamp and M. Langlais and G. Sugihara},
  journal={Journal of Animal Ecology},
  year={1999},
  volume={68},
  pages={282-292}
}

• F. Courchamp, M. Langlais, G. Sugihara
• Published 1999
• Biology
• Journal of Animal Ecology

1. Introduced predators account for a large part of the extinction of endemic insular species, which constitutes a major component of the loss of biodiversity among vertebrates. Eradication of alien predators from these ecosystems is often considered the best solution. 2. In some ecosystems, however, it can generate a greater threat for endemic prey through what is called the ‘mesopredator release’. This process predicts that, once superpredators are suppressed, a burst of mesopredators may… Expand

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