Ripple, William J.

Trophic Downgrading of Planet Earth

Estes, J. A., Terborgh, J., Brashares, J. S., Power, M. E., Berger, J., Bond, W. J., Carpenter, S. R., Essington, T. E., Holt, R. D., Jackson, J. B. C., et al. (2011) · Science

Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesWildlife Ecology and Conservation

Cited by 4,087

Status and Ecological Effects of the World’s Largest Carnivores

Ripple, W. J., Estes, J. A., Beschta, R. L., Wilmers, C. C., Ritchie, E. G., Hebblewhite, M., Berger, J., Elmhagen, B., Letnic, M., Nelson, M. P., et al. (2014) · Science

Wildlife Ecology and ConservationAnimal Ecology and Behavior Studies

Cited by 3,667

Collapse of the world’s largest herbivores

Ripple, W. J., Newsome, T. M., Wolf, C., Dirzo, R., Everatt, K. T., Galetti, M., Hayward, M. W., Kerley, G. I. H., Levi, T., Lindsey, P. A., et al. (2015) · Science Advances

Wildlife Ecology and ConservationRangeland and Wildlife Management

Cited by 1,229

Scientists’ warning to humanity on the freshwater biodiversity crisis

Albert, J. S., Destouni, G., Duke-Sylvester, S. M., Magurran, A. E., Oberdorff, T., Reis, R. E., Winemiller, K. O., & Ripple, W. J. (2021) · Ambio

Fish Ecology and Management StudiesAquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity

Cited by 943

Trophic cascades in Yellowstone: The first 15years after wolf reintroduction

Ripple, W. J., & Beschta, R. L. (2012) · Biological Conservation

Wildlife Ecology and ConservationRangeland and Wildlife Management

Cited by 884

Wolves and the Ecology of Fear: Can Predation Risk Structure Ecosystems?

RIPPLE, W. J., & BESCHTA, R. L. (2004) · BioScience

Wildlife Ecology and ConservationEcology and biodiversity studies

Cited by 813

Range Contractions of North American Carnivores and Ungulates

LALIBERTE, A. S., & RIPPLE, W. J. (2004) · BioScience

Species Distribution and Climate ChangeWildlife Ecology and Conservation

Cited by 528

Trophic cascades among wolves, elk and aspen on Yellowstone National Park’s northern range

Ripple, W. J., Larsen, E. J., Renkin, R. A., & Smith, D. W. (2001) · Biological Conservation

Wildlife Ecology and ConservationRangeland and Wildlife Management

Cited by 452

Wolf reintroduction, predation risk, and cottonwood recovery in Yellowstone National Park

Ripple, W. J., & Beschta, R. L. (2003) · Forest Ecology and Management

Wildlife Ecology and ConservationEcology and biodiversity studies

Cited by 395

Ruminants, climate change and climate policy

Ripple, W. J., Smith, P., Haberl, H., Montzka, S. A., McAlpine, C., & Boucher, D. H. (2014) · Nature Climate Change

Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental ImpactClimate Change Policy and Economics

Cited by 390

Restoring Yellowstone’s aspen with wolves

Ripple, W. J., & Beschta, R. L. (2007) · Biological Conservation

Wildlife Ecology and ConservationRangeland and Wildlife Management

Cited by 319

Historic aspen recruitment, elk, and wolves in northern Yellowstone National Park, USA

Ripple, W. J., & Larsen, E. J. (2000) · Biological Conservation

Ecology and biodiversity studiesWildlife Ecology and Conservation

Cited by 308

The carbon opportunity cost of animal-sourced food production on land

Hayek, M. N., Harwatt, H., Ripple, W. J., & Mueller, N. D. (2020) · Nature Sustainability

Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental ImpactLand Use and Ecosystem Services

Cited by 237

Linking a cougar decline, trophic cascade, and catastrophic regime shift in Zion National Park

Ripple, W. J., & Beschta, R. L. (2006) · Biological Conservation

Wildlife Ecology and ConservationRangeland and Wildlife Management

Cited by 215

A continental scale trophic cascade from wolves through coyotes to foxes

Newsome, T. M., & Ripple, W. J. (2015) · Journal of Animal Ecology

Wildlife Ecology and ConservationAnimal Ecology and Behavior Studies

Cited by 184

Widespread mesopredator effects after wolf extirpation

Ripple, W. J., Wirsing, A. J., Wilmers, C. C., & Letnic, M. (2013) · Biological Conservation

Wildlife Ecology and ConservationAnimal Ecology and Behavior Studies

Cited by 179

Integrating solutions to adapt cities for climate change

Lin, B. B., Ossola, A., Alberti, M., Andersson, E., Bai, X., Dobbs, C., Elmqvist, T., Evans, K. L., Frantzeskaki, N., Fuller, R. A., et al. (2021) · The Lancet Planetary Health

Sustainability and Climate Change GovernanceClimate Change and Sustainable Development

Cited by 172

Riparian vegetation recovery in Yellowstone: The first two decades after wolf reintroduction

Beschta, R. L., & Ripple, W. J. (2016) · Biological Conservation

Wildlife Ecology and ConservationEcology and biodiversity studies

Cited by 160

Linking wolves to willows via risk-sensitive foraging by ungulates in the northern Yellowstone ecosystem

Ripple, W. J., & Beschta, R. L. (2006) · Forest Ecology and Management

Wildlife Ecology and ConservationRangeland and Wildlife Management

Cited by 148

Wolves, elk, willows, and trophic cascades in the upper Gallatin Range of Southwestern Montana, USA

Ripple, W. J., & Beschta, R. L. (2004) · Forest Ecology and Management

Wildlife Ecology and ConservationRangeland and Wildlife Management

Cited by 146

The Role of Postfire Coarse Woody Debris in Aspen Regeneration

Ripple, W. J., & Larsen, E. J. (2001) · Western Journal of Applied Forestry

Fire effects on ecosystemsRangeland and Wildlife Management

Cited by 97

River channel dynamics following extirpation of wolves in northwestern Yellowstone National Park, USA

Beschta, R. L., & Ripple, W. J. (2006) · Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Hydrology and Sediment Transport ProcessesEcology and biodiversity studies

Cited by 86

Recovering aspen follow changing elk dynamics in Yellowstone: evidence of a trophic cascade?

Painter, L. E., Beschta, R. L., Larsen, E. J., & Ripple, W. J. (2015) · Ecology

Wildlife Ecology and ConservationRangeland and Wildlife Management

Cited by 76

Recovering Riparian Plant Communities with Wolves in Northern Yellowstone, U.S.A.

Beschta, R. L., & Ripple, W. J. (2008) · Restoration Ecology

Wildlife Ecology and ConservationEcology and biodiversity studies

Cited by 60