The loss of large predator animals across the globe is having unanticipated impacts on processes as diverse as human disease dynamics, wildfires and biogeochemical cycles, according to new research by an international team of scientists that includes UBC zoologists.
The report, published today in the journal Science by two dozen researchers from institutions in the United States, Europe and Canada, calls for increased scientific scrutiny of the the ‘top-down’ ecological role played by large predator species.
For more information, visit http://science.ubc.ca/news/553.
