A mesopredator is a predator that occupies a mid-ranking trophic level in a food web. There is no standard definition of a mesopredator, but mesopredators...
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The mesopredator release hypothesis is an ecological theory used to describe the interrelated population dynamics between apex predators and mesopredators...
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an apex predator, preys upon and also competes with the hedgehog, a mesopredator, for food such as insects, small mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and the...
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1111/j.1365-2907.1982.tb00014.x. Crooks, K. R.; Soul, M. E. (1999). "Mesopredator release and avifaunal extinctions in a fragmented system" (PDF). Nature...
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predation and population declines in Illinois songbirds: a case for mesopredator effects. Conservation Biology, 17(4), 1141–1150. Rogers, C. M., & Caro...
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the 1990s, red foxes became common in Orange County as a non-native mesopredator, with increasing urban development pushing out coyote and mountain lion...
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predation Herbivores Heterotroph Heterotrophic nutrition Insectivore Mesopredators Mesopredator release hypothesis Omnivores Optimal foraging theory Planktivore...
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begin to interfere with their competitors. Gray foxes are known as mesopredators because they are mid-tier predators and their prey consists mostly of...
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; Johnson, Christopher N. (September 2009). "Predator interactions, mesopredator release and biodiversity conservation". Ecology Letters. 12 (9): 982–998...
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to a rising population of olive baboon (Papio anubis). This case of mesopredator release negatively impacted already declining ungulate populations and...
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defenses. Cascade effect Energy flow (ecology) Marine trophic level Mesopredator release hypothesis Trophic cascade Trophic dynamics – Food web Trophic...
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in its environment, and is responsible for checking the population of mesopredator species, such as the barbel catfish and lungfish, that could overeat...
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extremely rare under normal circumstances. They control the population of mesopredators such as capuchin monkeys, which prey extensively on bird's eggs and...
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wolf than dogs are. In this respect, the dingo resembles two similar mesopredators, the dhole and the coyote. The eyes are triangular (or almond-shaped)...
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programs for kittens, and 8% for adult cats. Feral cats are either mesopredators (mid-ranking predators) or apex predators (top predators) in local ecosystems...
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estimated that the U.S. alone discards 17–22% of their catch annually. The Mesopredator release hypothesis is one of the indirect effects of overfishing that...
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McCallum, Hamish (2013). "Wildlife disease ecology in changing landscapes: Mesopredator release and toxoplasmosis". International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites...
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handling or swallowing large animals. As such, it can be identified as a mesopredator, likely consuming small animals including juvenile archosaurs, squamates...
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Newsome, T. M. (2017). "Golden jackal expansion in Europe: a case of mesopredator release triggered by continent-wide wolf persecution?". The Italian Journal...
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Rhind, David; Green, Brian (2013). "Indirect facilitation of a native mesopredator by an invasive species: are cane toads re-shaping tropical riparian communities...
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than converging on dromaeosaurids, it may have been an opportunistic mesopredator, feeding on small vertebrates, including fish. During the latter half...
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; Jones, Menna E. (2020). "A native apex predator limits an invasive mesopredator and protects native prey: Tasmanian devils protecting bandicoots from...
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prairie-chickens avoided communication towers and rural farms. Studies have found mesopredators such as striped skunks, raccoons, and opossums significantly increase...
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determined by interactive effects of life history, island biogeography and mesopredator suppression, Global Ecology and Biogeography, DOI:10.1111/geb.12103,...
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diving and haul-out behavior of leopard seals (Hydrurga leptonyx) near mesopredator breeding colonies at Livingston Island, Antarctic Peninsula". Marine...
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nests for themselves. Despite their potential predation on smaller mesopredators, when nest boxes for European pied flycatchers (Ficedula hypoleuca)...
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apex predator sits on the top trophic level of the food chain, while a mesopredator sits further down the food chain and is dependent on smaller animals...
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which varanoid lizards outcompeted small theropods as the dominant mesopredators. Wick, Steven L.; Lehman, Thomas M.; Brink, Alyson A. (2015). "A theropod...
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predation Herbivores Heterotroph Heterotrophic nutrition Insectivore Mesopredators Mesopredator release hypothesis Omnivores Optimal foraging theory Planktivore...
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predation Herbivores Heterotroph Heterotrophic nutrition Insectivore Mesopredators Mesopredator release hypothesis Omnivores Optimal foraging theory Planktivore...
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