Biologists have a phrase — “a trophic cascade” — for what - TopicsExpress



          

Biologists have a phrase — “a trophic cascade” — for what happens after the populations of elephants and other keystone species are altered within an ecological community. If the term evokes a waterfall, or a series of falling dominoes, it’s an apt metaphor. “Remove a cog in the network,” Wittemyer says, “and the network is going to shift around.” Without vultures or other scavengers to eat meat festering in the sun, for instance, it’s possible that the incidence of disease could increase.https://thedodo/beyond-trophy-animals-silent-v-710987897.html?xrs&n_play=54115e23e4b0b1d3c297433b
Posted on: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 13:18:35 +0000

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