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mesopredator release: a standalone construct

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Ecology

the rise in mid-sized predators that follows the loss of top predators, often with harmful effects on their own prey.

In ecology, mesopredator release refers to the rise in mid-sized predators that follows the loss of top predators, often with harmful effects on their own prey. This meaning comes from Crooks (1999) in Nature.[1]

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References

Crooks, K. R., & Soulé, M. E. (1999). Mesopredator release and avifaunal extinctions in a fragmented system. Nature, 400(6744), 563-566. https://doi.org/10.1038/23028

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