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Ecosystem restoration with teeth: what role for predators?

Overview of attention for article published in Trends in Ecology & Evolution, February 2012
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Title
Ecosystem restoration with teeth: what role for predators?
Published in
Trends in Ecology & Evolution, February 2012
DOI 10.1016/j.tree.2012.01.001
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Authors

Euan G. Ritchie, Bodil Elmhagen, Alistair S. Glen, Mike Letnic, Gilbert Ludwig, Robbie A. McDonald

Abstract

Recent advances highlight the potential for predators to restore ecosystems and confer resilience against globally threatening processes, including climate change and biological invasions. However, releasing the ecological benefits of predators entails significant challenges. Here, we discuss the economic, environmental and social considerations affecting predator-driven ecological restoration programmes, and suggest approaches for reducing the undesirable impacts of predators. Because the roles of predators are context dependent, we argue for increased emphasis on predator functionality in ecosystems and less on the identities and origins of species and genotypes. We emphasise that insufficient attention is currently given to the importance of variation in the social structures and behaviours of predators in influencing the dynamics of trophic interactions. Lastly, we outline experiments specifically designed to clarify the ecological roles of predators and their potential utility in ecosystem restoration.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Brazil 10 1%
Australia 5 <1%
United Kingdom 4 <1%
France 3 <1%
Canada 3 <1%
South Africa 2 <1%
United States 2 <1%
Mexico 2 <1%
Norway 1 <1%
Other 8 1%
Unknown 759 95%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 163 20%
Student > Ph. D. Student 138 17%
Researcher 116 15%
Student > Bachelor 110 14%
Other 33 4%
Other 102 13%
Unknown 137 17%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 377 47%
Environmental Science 196 25%
Earth and Planetary Sciences 15 2%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 14 2%
Social Sciences 14 2%
Other 28 4%
Unknown 155 19%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 91. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 22 July 2023.
All research outputs
#466,046
of 25,371,288 outputs
Outputs from Trends in Ecology & Evolution
#270
of 3,201 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#2,568
of 254,134 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Trends in Ecology & Evolution
#2
of 30 outputs
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