Reducing numbers of one carnivore species indirectly leads to extinction of others
Thursday, February 28, 2013 - 12:29
in Biology & Nature
Previous studies have shown that carnivores can have indirect positive effects on each other, which means that when one species is lost, others could soon follow. A team from the University of Exeter and the University of Bern has now found that reducing the numbers of one species of carnivore can lead to the extinction of others.