Recovery of African wild dogs suppresses prey but does not trigger a trophic cascade

Ecology

Volumn 96, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2705-2714

  Ford, Adam T ^a,b,i   Goheen, Jacob R ^b,c   Augustine, David J ^d   Kinnaird, Margaret F ^b,e   O'Brien, Timothy G ^b,e   Palmer, Todd M ^b,f   Pringle, Robert M ^b,g   Woodroffe, Rosie ^b,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MPALA RESEARCH CENTRE   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^e WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^g PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acacia; African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus); Antelope; Dik dik (Madoqua guentheri); Endangered species; Food web; Indirect effect; Large carnivore; Rain; Savanna; Tree cover

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BROWSING; CANID; CARNIVORE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FOOD WEB; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION; RUMINANT; SAVANNA; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; TROPHIC CASCADE; VEGETATION COVER; WILD POPULATION;

KENYA; LAIKIPIA;

ACACIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; LYCAON PICTUS; MADOQUA GUENTHERI;

ANIMAL; ANTELOPE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CANIDAE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; KENYA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TREE;

ANIMALS; ANTELOPES; CANIDAE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; KENYA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TREES;

EID: 84944145117     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/14-2056.1     Document Type: Article

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