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| Estes, J.A. | |
| Predators and ecosystem management | |
| 1996 Wildlife Society Bulletin (24): 390-396 | |
While several aspects of carnivore biology are becoming well known to science, others remain poorly understood. Perhaps the most poorly know and controversial dimension to carnivore ecology their relationships with other species and the ecosystems in which they live. Predators have been promoted for maintaining "the balance of nature", maligned as our competitors, and the large species often are feared as threats to human welfare. Here I will briefly review what is known or suspected about the roles played by predatory mammals in the working of their ecosystems and discuss how we achieve a better understanding of this issue. |
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