Anthropogenic food subsidies hinder the ecological role of wolves: Insights for conservation of apex predators in human-modified landscapes

In ecologically pristine ecosystems, top-down effects of apex predators play a fundamental role in shaping trophic cascades and structuring ecosystems, but in human-modified landscapes anthropogenic effects may markedly alter the ecological role of predators. In particular, human-provisioned food su...

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Main Authors: Paolo Ciucci, Sara Mancinelli, Luigi Boitani, Orlando Gallo, Lorenza Grottoli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-03-01
Series:Global Ecology and Conservation
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989419305840