Restoring #Predators, #Restoring #Ecosystems - #Yellowstone #Wolves & Other #Carnivores Drive Strong #TrophicCascade
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #willows #ecology #biology #biodiversity #vegetation #wolf #elk #riparian #stream #tree #herbivore #spatiotemporal #model
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February 15, 2025 at 12:50 AM
How Wolves Change Rivers
by @GrrlScientist via @substack
#wolves🐺 #ecology #evolution #EcosystemEngineers #TrophicCascade #Yellowstone #SciComm🧪 grrlscientist.substack.com/p/how-wolves...
by @GrrlScientist via @substack
#wolves🐺 #ecology #evolution #EcosystemEngineers #TrophicCascade #Yellowstone #SciComm🧪 grrlscientist.substack.com/p/how-wolves...
October 25, 2024 at 7:37 AM
How Wolves Change Rivers
by @GrrlScientist via @substack
#wolves🐺 #ecology #evolution #EcosystemEngineers #TrophicCascade #Yellowstone #SciComm🧪 grrlscientist.substack.com/p/how-wolves...
by @GrrlScientist via @substack
#wolves🐺 #ecology #evolution #EcosystemEngineers #TrophicCascade #Yellowstone #SciComm🧪 grrlscientist.substack.com/p/how-wolves...
Caught between joy at the high quality scientific investigation and sadness at the benthic devastation that's unfolded over on the North American Atlantic coast. Sometimes I wish ecological theory was just theory. #trophiccascade #regimeshift
www.biographic.com/unmasking-th...
www.biographic.com/unmasking-th...
Unmasking the Sea Star Killer
After a decade of carnage, we finally know what’s devastating sea stars along North America’s West Coast. Does that mean scientists can save them?
www.biographic.com
August 5, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Caught between joy at the high quality scientific investigation and sadness at the benthic devastation that's unfolded over on the North American Atlantic coast. Sometimes I wish ecological theory was just theory. #trophiccascade #regimeshift
www.biographic.com/unmasking-th...
www.biographic.com/unmasking-th...
Restoring the balance of nature to #Yellowstone's #ecosystem was achieved by reintroducing #graywolves to the region. Just think how robust this locale would be if the wolves had never been eliminated in the first place!
#ProtectWolves #trophiccascade
@nywolforg.bsky.social
@y2y.bsky.social
#ProtectWolves #trophiccascade
@nywolforg.bsky.social
@y2y.bsky.social
The reintroduction of gray wolves to Yellowstone triggered a "trophic cascade," leading to increased vegetation, beaver populations, and the return of songbirds, according to scholars of national parks. buff.ly/W85sSqJ By Sarah Diaz and Linda Lane, Coastal Carolina University
National parks are key conservation areas for wildlife and natural resources
The National Park Service is not just focused on helping people enjoy the outdoors, but also on conserving wild places.
buff.ly
August 9, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Restoring the balance of nature to #Yellowstone's #ecosystem was achieved by reintroducing #graywolves to the region. Just think how robust this locale would be if the wolves had never been eliminated in the first place!
#ProtectWolves #trophiccascade
@nywolforg.bsky.social
@y2y.bsky.social
#ProtectWolves #trophiccascade
@nywolforg.bsky.social
@y2y.bsky.social
is.gd/fzCya4 Well the wolf may have been the saviour of the #aspen in #Yellowstone an could be in the Highlands too but lets at least start with #Lynx #rewilding #trophiccascade #paintingscotlandyellow
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July 25, 2025 at 2:53 PM
is.gd/fzCya4 Well the wolf may have been the saviour of the #aspen in #Yellowstone an could be in the Highlands too but lets at least start with #Lynx #rewilding #trophiccascade #paintingscotlandyellow
#Seaotters #trophiccascade #saltmarsh
The new (to me) information is the strong #citsci component of this research; part of the data came from an #ecotourism operator with detailed daily records of customer otter observations going back 15 years.
The new (to me) information is the strong #citsci component of this research; part of the data came from an #ecotourism operator with detailed daily records of customer otter observations going back 15 years.
The trophic Cascade with sea otters protecting kelp forest is well known. In February 2024, we heard about them also protecting salt marshes by eating invasive green crabs. Now, we have further coverage, w/ more info about one of the scientists who discovered this
www.sfgate.com/local/articl...
www.sfgate.com/local/articl...
A Bay Area scientist made a game-changing find — entirely by accident
Research done by Brent Hughes, a Sonoma State University professor, shows that sea otters help restore seagrasses and balance ecosystems.
www.sfgate.com
September 27, 2024 at 2:11 AM
#Seaotters #trophiccascade #saltmarsh
The new (to me) information is the strong #citsci component of this research; part of the data came from an #ecotourism operator with detailed daily records of customer otter observations going back 15 years.
The new (to me) information is the strong #citsci component of this research; part of the data came from an #ecotourism operator with detailed daily records of customer otter observations going back 15 years.
New publication: The biology and ecology of parasitoid wasps of predatory arthropods, by @Jeffrey75327765 and others. #biologicalcontrol #ladybird #trophiccascade #spiders
https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-ento-120120-111607
https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-ento-120120-111607
December 3, 2024 at 3:53 AM
New publication: The biology and ecology of parasitoid wasps of predatory arthropods, by @Jeffrey75327765 and others. #biologicalcontrol #ladybird #trophiccascade #spiders
https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-ento-120120-111607
https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-ento-120120-111607
🦑 #Marinescience
🐋 #whales #graywhales #urchins #kelp #keystonespecies #trophicCascade #Oregon
New paper from Lisa Hildebrand at #OregonStateUniversity.
The loss of kelp forests means lower populations of the zooplankton who live there. The #zooplankton are food for migrating #graywhales
🐋 #whales #graywhales #urchins #kelp #keystonespecies #trophicCascade #Oregon
New paper from Lisa Hildebrand at #OregonStateUniversity.
The loss of kelp forests means lower populations of the zooplankton who live there. The #zooplankton are food for migrating #graywhales
Exploring indirect effects of a classic trophic cascade between urchins and kelp on zooplankton and whales - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Exploring indirect effects of a classic trophic cascade between urchins and kelp on zooplankton and whales
www.nature.com
May 22, 2024 at 10:32 AM
🦑 #Marinescience
🐋 #whales #graywhales #urchins #kelp #keystonespecies #trophicCascade #Oregon
New paper from Lisa Hildebrand at #OregonStateUniversity.
The loss of kelp forests means lower populations of the zooplankton who live there. The #zooplankton are food for migrating #graywhales
🐋 #whales #graywhales #urchins #kelp #keystonespecies #trophicCascade #Oregon
New paper from Lisa Hildebrand at #OregonStateUniversity.
The loss of kelp forests means lower populations of the zooplankton who live there. The #zooplankton are food for migrating #graywhales
🦑 #Marinescience #whales #kelp
Further coverage of #graywhales moving further from the $Oregon coast. Why? A #trophiccascade that means there's less zooplankton to eat
Excess urchins = less kelp
Less kelp = less plankton
Whales go where the food is
today.oregonstate.edu/news/rise-se...
Further coverage of #graywhales moving further from the $Oregon coast. Why? A #trophiccascade that means there's less zooplankton to eat
Excess urchins = less kelp
Less kelp = less plankton
Whales go where the food is
today.oregonstate.edu/news/rise-se...
June 26, 2024 at 11:44 PM
🦑 #Marinescience #whales #kelp
Further coverage of #graywhales moving further from the $Oregon coast. Why? A #trophiccascade that means there's less zooplankton to eat
Excess urchins = less kelp
Less kelp = less plankton
Whales go where the food is
today.oregonstate.edu/news/rise-se...
Further coverage of #graywhales moving further from the $Oregon coast. Why? A #trophiccascade that means there's less zooplankton to eat
Excess urchins = less kelp
Less kelp = less plankton
Whales go where the food is
today.oregonstate.edu/news/rise-se...
🚨New publication alert🚨 Our paper "Exploring indirect effects of a classic trophic cascade between urchins and kelp on zooplankton and whales" is out now in Scientific Reports! Open access here: rdcu.be/dF8cl
#kelp #urchins #zooplankton #GrayWhales #TrophicCascade
#kelp #urchins #zooplankton #GrayWhales #TrophicCascade
Exploring indirect effects of a classic trophic cascade between urchins and kelp on zooplankton and whales
Scientific Reports - Exploring indirect effects of a classic trophic cascade between urchins and kelp on zooplankton and whales
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April 29, 2024 at 3:44 PM
🚨New publication alert🚨 Our paper "Exploring indirect effects of a classic trophic cascade between urchins and kelp on zooplankton and whales" is out now in Scientific Reports! Open access here: rdcu.be/dF8cl
#kelp #urchins #zooplankton #GrayWhales #TrophicCascade
#kelp #urchins #zooplankton #GrayWhales #TrophicCascade
#Seaotter introduction and #kelp forest recovery is a textbook-favorite example of #trophiccascade. New research tries to explain why the effect is not consistent in strength
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Dynamic and context-dependent keystone species effects in kelp forests | PNAS
Sea otters are an iconic keystone predator that can maintain kelp forests by preying
on grazing invertebrates such as sea urchins. However, the eff...
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March 10, 2025 at 11:09 AM
#Seaotter introduction and #kelp forest recovery is a textbook-favorite example of #trophiccascade. New research tries to explain why the effect is not consistent in strength
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Top-#Predator Recovery Abates #Geomorphic #Decline Of A #Coastal #Ecosystem
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#GIS #spatial #monitoring #trophiccascade #biology #geomorphology #habitat #otter #seaotter #crab #substrate #spatialanalysis #marine #vegetation #estuary #erosion #marsh #geomorphicstability
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#GIS #spatial #monitoring #trophiccascade #biology #geomorphology #habitat #otter #seaotter #crab #substrate #spatialanalysis #marine #vegetation #estuary #erosion #marsh #geomorphicstability
February 3, 2024 at 12:50 AM
Wasn't expecting much of a hit from this #BBCFreeThinking but, well, that'll teach me! Company of #Wolves. #ADelicateBalance #rewilding #TrophicCascade #rethinking. @shahidhabari.bsky.social
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Free Thinking - Wolves - BBC Sounds
How wolves shape our world.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 25, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Wasn't expecting much of a hit from this #BBCFreeThinking but, well, that'll teach me! Company of #Wolves. #ADelicateBalance #rewilding #TrophicCascade #rethinking. @shahidhabari.bsky.social
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Rodenticides don’t stop at rats they move up the food chain poisoning predators like Italy’s growing wolf population. A silent but deadly threat to ecosystems. Unintended consequences? No. Just reckless disregard.
#TrophicCascade
2024 study highlights the threat, contextualizing recent events.
#TrophicCascade
2024 study highlights the threat, contextualizing recent events.
Rat poison threatens Italy’s growing wolf population
More than half of dead wolves in study had been exposed to rodenticides
www.science.org
February 6, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Rodenticides don’t stop at rats they move up the food chain poisoning predators like Italy’s growing wolf population. A silent but deadly threat to ecosystems. Unintended consequences? No. Just reckless disregard.
#TrophicCascade
2024 study highlights the threat, contextualizing recent events.
#TrophicCascade
2024 study highlights the threat, contextualizing recent events.
“Without these apex predators to regulate populations, we are seeing measurable changes that could have long-term effects on ocean health. ” -- Neil Hammerschlag, lead author of the study.
#GreatWhiteSharks
#TrophicCascade
#MarineEcology
#GreatWhiteSharks
#TrophicCascade
#MarineEcology
April 5, 2025 at 10:42 PM
“Without these apex predators to regulate populations, we are seeing measurable changes that could have long-term effects on ocean health. ” -- Neil Hammerschlag, lead author of the study.
#GreatWhiteSharks
#TrophicCascade
#MarineEcology
#GreatWhiteSharks
#TrophicCascade
#MarineEcology
Wolves heal ecosystems. 🐺🌿
Their return triggers a trophic cascade, helping plants regrow, rivers stabilize, and wildlife thrive. Predators matter.
#Wolves #TrophicCascade #Rewilding #Ecology #CWWC
Their return triggers a trophic cascade, helping plants regrow, rivers stabilize, and wildlife thrive. Predators matter.
#Wolves #TrophicCascade #Rewilding #Ecology #CWWC
June 12, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Wolves heal ecosystems. 🐺🌿
Their return triggers a trophic cascade, helping plants regrow, rivers stabilize, and wildlife thrive. Predators matter.
#Wolves #TrophicCascade #Rewilding #Ecology #CWWC
Their return triggers a trophic cascade, helping plants regrow, rivers stabilize, and wildlife thrive. Predators matter.
#Wolves #TrophicCascade #Rewilding #Ecology #CWWC
A new #painting for Tarkovsky’s zone, poetry presaging our oncoming calamity.
ZONE PAINTING 1 (FUTURE-TENSE).
#art #contemporaryart #abstractart #abstractpainting #contemporarypainting #textart #Tarkovsky #Stalker #TrophicCascade
ZONE PAINTING 1 (FUTURE-TENSE).
#art #contemporaryart #abstractart #abstractpainting #contemporarypainting #textart #Tarkovsky #Stalker #TrophicCascade
December 26, 2024 at 8:51 PM
A new #painting for Tarkovsky’s zone, poetry presaging our oncoming calamity.
ZONE PAINTING 1 (FUTURE-TENSE).
#art #contemporaryart #abstractart #abstractpainting #contemporarypainting #textart #Tarkovsky #Stalker #TrophicCascade
ZONE PAINTING 1 (FUTURE-TENSE).
#art #contemporaryart #abstractart #abstractpainting #contemporarypainting #textart #Tarkovsky #Stalker #TrophicCascade
🦑 #Marinescience
🐋 #whales #graywhales #urchins #kelp #keystonespecies #trophicCascade #Oregon
Without keystone predators like sea otters & sunflowers stars, sea urchins can destroy kelp forests. New study suggests this reduces zoplankton that live in kelp, an important food for gray whales.
🐋 #whales #graywhales #urchins #kelp #keystonespecies #trophicCascade #Oregon
Without keystone predators like sea otters & sunflowers stars, sea urchins can destroy kelp forests. New study suggests this reduces zoplankton that live in kelp, an important food for gray whales.
🦑 #Marinescience
🐋 #whales #graywhales #urchins #kelp #keystonespecies #trophicCascade #Oregon
New paper from Lisa Hildebrand at #OregonStateUniversity.
The loss of kelp forests means lower populations of the zooplankton who live there. The #zooplankton are food for migrating #graywhales
🐋 #whales #graywhales #urchins #kelp #keystonespecies #trophicCascade #Oregon
New paper from Lisa Hildebrand at #OregonStateUniversity.
The loss of kelp forests means lower populations of the zooplankton who live there. The #zooplankton are food for migrating #graywhales
Exploring indirect effects of a classic trophic cascade between urchins and kelp on zooplankton and whales - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Exploring indirect effects of a classic trophic cascade between urchins and kelp on zooplankton and whales
www.nature.com
May 22, 2024 at 10:37 AM
🦑 #Marinescience
🐋 #whales #graywhales #urchins #kelp #keystonespecies #trophicCascade #Oregon
Without keystone predators like sea otters & sunflowers stars, sea urchins can destroy kelp forests. New study suggests this reduces zoplankton that live in kelp, an important food for gray whales.
🐋 #whales #graywhales #urchins #kelp #keystonespecies #trophicCascade #Oregon
Without keystone predators like sea otters & sunflowers stars, sea urchins can destroy kelp forests. New study suggests this reduces zoplankton that live in kelp, an important food for gray whales.
#ecology
"This explosion of prey species could represent what ecologists call a #trophiccascade, where the loss of a predator reverberates down the food chain, unbalancing the ecosystem."
E.g. less 🦈-> more 🦭 -> less 🐧...
"This explosion of prey species could represent what ecologists call a #trophiccascade, where the loss of a predator reverberates down the food chain, unbalancing the ecosystem."
E.g. less 🦈-> more 🦭 -> less 🐧...
‘Awe-inspiring and harrowing’: how two orcas with a taste for liver decimated the great white shark capital of the world
A decade ago, up to 1,000 of the apex predators lived in one South African bay. Now they have gone, fleeing from killer whales. But the gap they have left creates problems for other species
www.theguardian.com
January 24, 2025 at 12:34 PM
#ecology
"This explosion of prey species could represent what ecologists call a #trophiccascade, where the loss of a predator reverberates down the food chain, unbalancing the ecosystem."
E.g. less 🦈-> more 🦭 -> less 🐧...
"This explosion of prey species could represent what ecologists call a #trophiccascade, where the loss of a predator reverberates down the food chain, unbalancing the ecosystem."
E.g. less 🦈-> more 🦭 -> less 🐧...
I stan for this paper and REALLY want to know the backstory: Testing the AC/DC hypothesis: Rock and roll is noise pollution and weakens a trophic cascade https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ece3.4273 #trophiccascade @acdc
November 23, 2024 at 3:27 AM
I stan for this paper and REALLY want to know the backstory: Testing the AC/DC hypothesis: Rock and roll is noise pollution and weakens a trophic cascade https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ece3.4273 #trophiccascade @acdc
New publication: #Treecover and its heterogeneity in natural ecosystems is linked to large herbivore #biomass globally. #megafauna #trophiccascade #rewilding #biodiversity #climatechange
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2023.10.007
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2023.10.007
December 3, 2024 at 12:26 AM
New publication: #Treecover and its heterogeneity in natural ecosystems is linked to large herbivore #biomass globally. #megafauna #trophiccascade #rewilding #biodiversity #climatechange
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2023.10.007
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2023.10.007
#trophiccascade
The textbook Marine example of a trophic cascade:
1 Otters eat the urchins
2 Kelp survives the urchins
3 Zooplankton has kelp for us to grow in
4 Gray whales have food
environmentamerica.org/oregon/cente...
The textbook Marine example of a trophic cascade:
1 Otters eat the urchins
2 Kelp survives the urchins
3 Zooplankton has kelp for us to grow in
4 Gray whales have food
environmentamerica.org/oregon/cente...
New research says gray whales in Oregon are in trouble
Gray whales in Oregon love to forage in our kelp forests but these areas are struggling. Perhaps, bringing back another marine mammal to our shores could be the solution they need.
environmentamerica.org
June 28, 2024 at 6:57 AM
#trophiccascade
The textbook Marine example of a trophic cascade:
1 Otters eat the urchins
2 Kelp survives the urchins
3 Zooplankton has kelp for us to grow in
4 Gray whales have food
environmentamerica.org/oregon/cente...
The textbook Marine example of a trophic cascade:
1 Otters eat the urchins
2 Kelp survives the urchins
3 Zooplankton has kelp for us to grow in
4 Gray whales have food
environmentamerica.org/oregon/cente...
If a wolf howls in the forest and noone is there to hear it, does it still restore the ecosystem? 🫡Yes. Always yes! #TrophicCascade #ConservationEcology
November 21, 2024 at 7:37 PM
If a wolf howls in the forest and noone is there to hear it, does it still restore the ecosystem? 🫡Yes. Always yes! #TrophicCascade #ConservationEcology
Sorry to see that my belief that #wolves reversed ecological changes in Yellowstone Park may not be grounded on good evidence... #trophiccascade. This #natgeo article cites exptl work by Hobbs et al 2024.
Wolf behavior myth-busting article from National Geographic (May 3rd, 2024). Enjoy! 🐺
"The world's largest canine draws both reverence and ire. Here are some of the most common misunderstandings, according to scientists."
www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti... #wolf #wolves #conservation 🌎
"The world's largest canine draws both reverence and ire. Here are some of the most common misunderstandings, according to scientists."
www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti... #wolf #wolves #conservation 🌎
Top 4 myths about wolves, busted by experts
The world’s largest canine draws both reverence and ire. Here are some of the most common misunderstandings, according to scientists.
www.nationalgeographic.com
June 25, 2024 at 1:26 PM
Sorry to see that my belief that #wolves reversed ecological changes in Yellowstone Park may not be grounded on good evidence... #trophiccascade. This #natgeo article cites exptl work by Hobbs et al 2024.
🕷️🪨Predator density outweighs experimental warming effects on short-term carbon and nitrogen loss from arctic shrub litter
📷 © Amanda Koltz
vist.ly/4cb82
#ClimateChange #Decomposition #NutrientCycling #ShrubExpansion #TrophicCascade #WolfSpiders
📷 © Amanda Koltz
vist.ly/4cb82
#ClimateChange #Decomposition #NutrientCycling #ShrubExpansion #TrophicCascade #WolfSpiders
October 30, 2025 at 6:06 PM
🕷️🪨Predator density outweighs experimental warming effects on short-term carbon and nitrogen loss from arctic shrub litter
📷 © Amanda Koltz
vist.ly/4cb82
#ClimateChange #Decomposition #NutrientCycling #ShrubExpansion #TrophicCascade #WolfSpiders
📷 © Amanda Koltz
vist.ly/4cb82
#ClimateChange #Decomposition #NutrientCycling #ShrubExpansion #TrophicCascade #WolfSpiders