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The unique ecology of human predators
Abstract
An anomalous and unbalanced predator: In the past century, humans have become the dominant predator across many systems. The species that we target are thus far in considerable decline; however, predators in the wild generally achieve a balance with their prey populations such that both persist. Darimont et al. found several specific differences between how humans and other predatory species target prey populations (see the Perspective by Worm). In marine environments, for example, we regularly prey on other predator species. These differences may contribute to our much larger ecological impact when compared with other predators. Science , this issue p. 858 ; see also p. 784
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Metadata
- Authors
- Darimont, C. T., Fox, C. H., Bryan, H. M., & Reimchen, T. E.
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 2015-08-21
- Volume
- 349
- Issue
- 6250
- Pages
- 858-860
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- OpenAlex
- W1752270159
- Cited by
- 452
- References
- 11
- FWCI
- 28.56
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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