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...

The mesopredator release hypothesis is an ecological theory used to describe the interrelated population dynamics between apex predators and mesopredators...

an apex predator, preys upon and also competes with the hedgehog, a mesopredator, for food such as insects, small mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and the...

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...

predation and population declines in Illinois songbirds: a case for mesopredator effects. Conservation Biology, 17(4), 1141–1150. Rogers, C. M., & Caro...

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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begin to interfere with their competitors. Gray foxes are known as mesopredators because they are mid-tier predators and their prey consists mostly of...

; Johnson, Christopher N. (September 2009). "Predator interactions, mesopredator release and biodiversity conservation". Ecology Letters. 12 (9): 982–998...

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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in its environment, and is responsible for checking the population of mesopredator species, such as the barbel catfish and lungfish, that could overeat...

extremely rare under normal circumstances. They control the population of mesopredators such as capuchin monkeys, which prey extensively on bird's eggs and...

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)...

programs for kittens, and 8% for adult cats. Feral cats are either mesopredators (mid-ranking predators) or apex predators (top predators) in local ecosystems...

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...

McCallum, Hamish (2013). "Wildlife disease ecology in changing landscapes: Mesopredator release and toxoplasmosis". International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites...

handling or swallowing large animals. As such, it can be identified as a mesopredator, likely consuming small animals including juvenile archosaurs, squamates...

Newsome, T. M. (2017). "Golden jackal expansion in Europe: a case of mesopredator release triggered by continent-wide wolf persecution?". The Italian Journal...

Rhind, David; Green, Brian (2013). "Indirect facilitation of a native mesopredator by an invasive species: are cane toads re-shaping tropical riparian communities...

than converging on dromaeosaurids, it may have been an opportunistic mesopredator, feeding on small vertebrates, including fish. During the latter half...

; Jones, Menna E. (2020). "A native apex predator limits an invasive mesopredator and protects native prey: Tasmanian devils protecting bandicoots from...

prairie-chickens avoided communication towers and rural farms. Studies have found mesopredators such as striped skunks, raccoons, and opossums significantly increase...

determined by interactive effects of life history, island biogeography and mesopredator suppression, Global Ecology and Biogeography, DOI:10.1111/geb.12103,...

diving and haul-out behavior of leopard seals (Hydrurga leptonyx) near mesopredator breeding colonies at Livingston Island, Antarctic Peninsula". Marine...

nests for themselves. Despite their potential predation on smaller mesopredators, when nest boxes for European pied flycatchers (Ficedula hypoleuca)...

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...

which varanoid lizards outcompeted small theropods as the dominant mesopredators. Wick, Steven L.; Lehman, Thomas M.; Brink, Alyson A. (2015). "A theropod...

predation Herbivores Heterotroph Heterotrophic nutrition Insectivore Mesopredators Mesopredator release hypothesis Omnivores Optimal foraging theory Planktivore...

predation Herbivores Heterotroph Heterotrophic nutrition Insectivore Mesopredators Mesopredator release hypothesis Omnivores Optimal foraging theory Planktivore...