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Did reintroducing wolves to Yellowstone really cause an ecological cascade?

Previous research on the effect of wolves on the food web has been criticized, raising questions about the predator’s role in ...
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Did wolves really transform Yellowstone? Scientists challenge long-held theory

Scientists debunk decades-long study claiming wolves' reintroduction triggered a dramatic transformation in Yellowstone.
The Gazette

Did wolves restore habitat? CSU study says maybe not

New research from Colorado State University is challenging the widely accepted narrative that the reintroduction of wolves into Yellowstone National Park in the mid-1990s resulted in restoring the ...
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Do wolves fix ecosystems? CSU study debunks claims about Yellowstone reintroduction

The commonly held claim that wolves reintroduced into Yellowstone National Park in the mid-1990s spearheaded a "trophic cascade" of ecological restoration, as some studies indicated, is unfounded, ...
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Experts document remarkable transformation in Yellowstone National Park after bringing wolves back: 'The power of predators as ... architects'

If you want a glowing example of how interwoven ecosystem elements are, take a look at Yellowstone National Park. A recent study revealed that even wolves and willow trees depend on one another there.
Post Independent Citizen Telegram

Could Colorado see widespread ecosystem changes from wolf restoration?

In Yellowstone National Park — where gray wolves were reintroduced starting in 1995 — researchers have gone back and forth on whether the restoration of wolves has impacted the ecosystem. The idea is ...
Bozeman Daily Chronicle

Yellowstone research reignites debate over wolf-generated trophic cascade

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. The theory was exciting and quickly grabbed headlines. Fifteen years after wolves were ...
The Greeley Tribune

Do wolves actually fix habitats and change rivers? Here’s what new research from Colorado says

The return of wolves to Yellowstone National Park long has been credited with replenishing its wetlands and spurring the beneficial rerouting of streams — an ecological boon for the crown jewel of the ...
WESA

The intended and unintended consequences of wolf reintroduction programs

2025 marks 30 years since the federal government reintroduced wolves to the western United States, one of the most successful and controversial wildlife programs in U.S. history. To mark the ...
insider.si.edu

The wolf's tooth : keystone predators, trophic cascades, and biodiversity / Cristina Eisenberg

Visitors from the North -- Web of life. Patterns in an ecosystem ; Living in a landscape of fear : trophic cascades mechanisms ; Origins : aquatic cascades ; Why the earth is green : terrestrial ...
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Of wolves, elk and willows: how predation structures ecosystems

Purpose: To introduce the idea of indirect effects of predator on prey by changing prey behavior, and of trophic cascades - effects of predators on primary producers; to construct a flow diagram of ...