predators
PRIDE: Coexisting with Lions
By Meghan Bartels / On December 16th, 2014
We're pleased to be able to share Roshan Patel's award-winning documentary about coexisting with endangered Asiatic lions in India. The lion once roamed from northern Morocco to central India, but by the early twentieth century, fewer than 50 survived, tucked in the province of Gujarat.
Creating Resilience: Trophic Cascades and Climate Change
By Cristina Eisenberg / On August 23rd, 2011
Ecologist Robert Paine summed up the effects of keystone predator removal by saying, “You can change the nature of the world pretty simply. All you need to do is remove one species.”
In The Wolf’s Tooth, I compare ecosystems from which carnivores have been removed to a game of Jenga. This game involves removing wooden blocks one at a time from a tower without causing it to collapse. As you remove them, the tower starts to teeter, loosening some of the blocks, making them easier to remove.
Why the Earth is Green: Trophic Cascades on Land and Water
By Cristina Eisenberg / On August 16th, 2011
We have been discussing the powerful and essential ecological link between apex predators, their prey, and the foods prey eat.