"Painter et al. claim that large-carnivore recovery in Yellowstone National Park has produced a strong trophic cascade ...

Yellowstone’s wolf reintroduction has often been described as one of conservation’s clearest trophic-cascade success stories.

Wolf populations in Yellowstone National Park have myriad impacts on ecosystems, but exactly how those impacts play out in the complex system is still under consideration. New research from Utah State ...

In 1995, Yellowstone National Park became the centre of a conservation experiment that would later be celebrated across the ...

In Yellowstone National Park — where gray wolves were reintroduced starting in 1995 — researchers have gone back and forth on whether the restoration of wolves has impacted the ecosystem. The idea is ...

Researchers have been sampling aspen stands for 25 years, but can't seem to agree on what large carnivore restoration has ...

Across North America, mountain lions, bears, and gray wolves have made a remarkable comeback over the last 50 years. Once nearly exterminated, these animals have been recovering their populations and ...

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Purpose: To introduce the idea of indirect effects of predator on prey by changing prey behavior, and of trophic cascades - effects of predators on primary producers; to construct a flow diagram of ...