Climate change, predators, and trickle down effects on ecosystems
Posted by Oceanography News -- ScienceDaily on 11 August, 2014
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Because predator species are animals that survive by preying on other organisms, they send ripples throughout the food web, regulating the effects other animals have on that ecosystem. Ecologists are just beginning to understand how the impacts of climate change are affecting predatory keystone species and their ecosystems....