• DOI:10.1038/23028
Corpus ID: 4417607

Mesopredator release and avifaunal extinctions in a fragmented system

@article{Crooks1999MesopredatorRA,
  title={Mesopredator release and avifaunal extinctions in a fragmented system},
  author={K. Crooks and M. Soul{\'e}},
  journal={Nature},
  year={1999},
  volume={400},
  pages={563-566}
}

K. Crooks, M. Soulé

Published 1999

Biology

Nature

Mammalian carnivores are particularly vulnerable to extinction in fragmented landscapes, and their disappearance may lead to increased numbers of smaller carnivores that are principle predators of birds and other small vertebrates. Such ‘mesopredator release’ has been implicated in the decline and extinction of prey species. Because experimental manipulation of carnivores is logistically, financially and ethically problematic,, however, few studies have evaluated how trophic cascades generated… CONTINUE READING

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