Ecology: How mesopredators run with the big dogs

Erin M. Phillips; Robert M. Pringle

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2023.02.001

Ecology: How mesopredators run with the big dogs

Erin M. Phillips, Robert M. Pringle

Princeton University

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Abstract

Food webs are indispensable maps of community organization, but most are crudely drawn — an inconvenient truth that ecologists must confront. A new DNA metabarcoding study quantifies predator–prey interactions and ecological-network structure with long-overdue precision, supplying insight into how large and small carnivores coexist.

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	R197-R199
Journal	Current Biology
Volume	33
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2023.02.001
State	Published - Mar 13 2023

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General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
General Neuroscience
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

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