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dc.contributor.authorNewsome, Thomas M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorGreenville, Aaron C.en_US
dc.contributor.authorĆirović, Duškoen_US
dc.contributor.authorDickman, Christopher R.en_US
dc.contributor.authorJohnson, Chris N.en_US
dc.contributor.authorKrofel, Mihaen_US
dc.contributor.authorLetnic, Mikeen_US
dc.contributor.authorRipple, William J.en_US
dc.contributor.authorRitchie, Euan G.en_US
dc.contributor.authorStoyanov, Stoyanen_US
dc.contributor.authorWirsing, Aaron J.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-09T10:51:42Z-
dc.date.available2019-10-09T10:51:42Z-
dc.date.issued2017-05-23-
dc.identifier.urihttps://biore.bio.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1611-
dc.description.abstract© The Author(s) 2017. Top predators can suppress mesopredators by killing them, competing for resources and instilling fear, but it is unclear how suppression of mesopredators varies with the distribution and abundance of top predators at large spatial scales and among different ecological contexts. We suggest that suppression of mesopredators will be strongest where top predators occur at high densities over large areas. These conditions are more likely to occur in the core than on the margins of top predator ranges. We propose the Enemy Constraint Hypothesis, which predicts weakened top-down effects on mesopredators towards the edge of top predators' ranges. Using bounty data from North America, Europe and Australia we show that the effects of top predators on mesopredators increase from the margin towards the core of their ranges, as predicted. Continuing global contraction of top predator ranges could promote further release of mesopredator populations, altering ecosystem structure and contributing to biodiversity loss.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.relation.ispartofNature Communicationsen_US
dc.titleTop predators constrain mesopredator distributionsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1038/ncomms15469-
dc.identifier.pmid28534486-
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85019887468-
dc.identifier.urlhttps://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85019887468-
item.languageiso639-1en-
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item.openairecristypehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_18cf-
crisitem.author.deptChair of Animal Ecology and Zoogeography-
crisitem.author.orcid0000-0001-9468-0948-
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