Definitions
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- noun A medium-sized
predator which often increases in abundance when larger predators are eliminated.
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Examples
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In biology that phenomenon is called mesopredator release - the burgeoning of mid-lever predators, like foxes, in a landscape where their main predators' populations have been greatly diminished.
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This is known as the mesopredator release hypothesis and it was the subject of this post.
Archive 2008-10-01 AYDIN 2008
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This is known as the mesopredator release hypothesis and it was the subject of this post.
Predation of seabirds by mice: a case of mesopredator release? AYDIN 2008
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We have, in other words, mesopredator release in markets.
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This is known as the mesopredator release hypothesis and it was the subject of this post.
SNAIL'S TALES 2008
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Predation of seabirds by mice: a case of mesopredator release?
Archive 2008-10-01 AYDIN 2008
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A corollary of MRH is that two predator species, one top and one mesopredator, may be better for the long-term survival of a prey species preyed on by both predators if the top predator also controls the numbers of the mesopredator.
Predation of seabirds by mice: a case of mesopredator release? AYDIN 2008
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The authors note that the findings of their study support the mesopredator release and competitor release hypotheses.
Predation of seabirds by mice: a case of mesopredator release? AYDIN 2008
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A corollary of MRH is that two predator species, one top and one mesopredator, may be better for the long-term survival of a prey species preyed on by both predators if the top predator also controls the numbers of the mesopredator.
Archive 2008-10-01 AYDIN 2008
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The authors note that the findings of their study support the mesopredator release and competitor release hypotheses.
Archive 2008-10-01 AYDIN 2008
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