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2023-08-26 03:23:51 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

Researchers have questioned the Yellowstone trophic cascade narrative, as there is no proof apex predators such as wolves have solely contributed, due to the park's habitat having had a complex, mixed recovery since their reintroduction from Canada in 1995. https://www.esa.org/esablog/2014/03/11/yellowstone-wolves-take-a-blow-to-their-rep/ https://www.nature.com/articles/507158a https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0006320712001462 https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/science/2018/09/07/wolves-reintroduction-yellowstone-ecosystem/973658002/ https://untamedscience.com/biology/ecology/ecology-articles/wolf-reintroduction-yellowstone/ https://academic.oup.com/book/26688/chapter-abstract/195480918?redirectedFrom=fulltext

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• Researchers have questioned the Yellowstone trophic cascade narrative, as there is no proof apex predators such as wolves have solely contributed, due to the park's habitat having had a complex, mixed recovery since their reintroduction from Canada in 1995. https://www.esa.org/esablog/2014/03/11/yellowstone-wolves-take-a-blow-to-their-rep/ https://www.nature.com/articles/507158a https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0006320712001462 https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/science/2018/09/07/wolves-reintroduction-yellowstone-ecosystem/973658002/ https://untamedscience.com/biology/ecology/ecology-articles/wolf-reintroduction-yellowstone/ https://academic.oup.com/book/26688/chapter-abstract/195480918?redirectedFrom=fulltext