A lush savannah teeming with zebras, gazelles and buffalo may look like an all-you-can eat buffet for lions. But a new Canadian study has revealed a surprise: When prey abound, there are relatively fewer predators. And a look at ecosystems on land and sea around the world shows that this might be a fundamental […]
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Ecologists find predator-prey pattern consistent across diverse ecosystems
September 3rd, 2015 Awake Goy
Predator and prey communities exhibit a common but unexpected organizational structure. Credit: Amaury Laporte Why are there not more lions when there’s plenty of prey on the African savanna? A research team including two University of Guelph ecologists has discovered an unexpected pattern linking prey and predator species in diverse ecosystems worldwide. Integrative biology […]