- A
mesopredator is a
predator that
occupies a mid-ranking
trophic level in a food web.
There is no
standard definition of a
mesopredator, but mesopredators...
- The
mesopredator release hypothesis is an
ecological theory used to
describe the
interrelated po****tion
dynamics between apex
predators and mesopredators...
- an apex predator,
preys upon and also
competes with the hedgehog, a
mesopredator, for food such as insects,
small mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and the...
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island birds, and in some instances,
eradication of cats has
caused a "
mesopredator release" effect;
where the
suppression of top
carnivores creates an abundance...
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predation and po****tion
declines in
Illinois songbirds: a case for
mesopredator effects.
Conservation Biology, 17(4), 1141–1150. Rogers, C. M., & Caro...
- the 1990s, red
foxes became common in
Orange County as a non-native
mesopredator, with
increasing urban development pushing out
coyote and
mountain lion...
- ; Johnson,
Christopher N. (September 2009). "Predator interactions,
mesopredator release and
biodiversity conservation".
Ecology Letters. 12 (9): 982–998...
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predation Herbivores Heterotroph Heterotrophic nutrition Insectivore Mesopredators Mesopredator release hypothesis Omnivores Optimal foraging theory Planktivore...
- to a
rising po****tion of
olive baboon (Papio anubis). This case of
mesopredator release negatively impacted already declining ungulate po****tions and...
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diving and haul-out
behavior of
leopard seals (Hydrurga leptonyx) near
mesopredator breeding colonies at
Livingston Island,
Antarctic Peninsula". Marine...
