Famous Yellowstone wolf comeback story faces scrutiny after re-analysis finds 'circular reasoning'

For years, Yellowstone's wolf reintroduction has been held up as a classic case of predators transforming a landscape. But as ...
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Did Yellowstone’s wolves really transform the park? A new debate says it is more complicated

Yellowstone’s wolf reintroduction has often been described as one of conservation’s clearest trophic-cascade success stories.
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Flawed analysis invalidates claim of a strong Yellowstone trophic cascade after wolf reintroduction

Wolf populations in Yellowstone National Park have myriad impacts on ecosystems, but exactly how those impacts play out in the complex system is still under consideration. New research from Utah State ...
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Yellowstone wolves may not have reshaped the national park after all

One of the most celebrated claims about Yellowstone’s wolves is facing a major challenge. Scientists say the study behind the famous trophic cascade story relied on flawed methods that overstated the ...
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30 years after wolves were brought back to Yellowstone: Was it actually worth it?

Thirty years after gray wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone, the verdict is more nuanced than the popular legend. The ...
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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 ...
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New critique prompts correction of high-profile Yellowstone aspen study, highlighting challenges in measuring ecosystem response to wolf reintroduction

LOGAN, Utah, USA — A recent critique from a team led by Utah State University ecologist Dan MacNulty and published in Forest Ecology and Management has prompted a formal correction to a high-profile ...
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Thanks To Wolves' Return, Aspen Trees Thrive In Yellowstone For First Time In 80 Years

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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 ...