Incorporating anthropogenic effects into trophic ecology: predator-prey interactions in a human-dominated landscape Dorresteijn, Ine, Schultner, Jannik, Nimmo, Dale G., Fischer, Joern, Hanspach, Jan, Kuemmerle, Tobias, Kehoe, Laura and Ritchie, Euan G. 2015, Incorporating anthropogenic effects into trophic ecology: predator-prey interactions in a human-dominated landscape, Proceedings of the Royal Society B : biological sciences, vol. 282, Article Number : 20151602, pp. 1-8, doi: 10.1098/rspb.2015.1602. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Incorporating anthropogenic effects into trophic ecology: predator-prey interactions in a human-dominated landscape Author(s) Dorresteijn, Ine Schultner, Jannik Nimmo, Dale G. Fischer, Joern Hanspach, Jan Kuemmerle, Tobias Kehoe, Laura Ritchie, Euan G. orcid.org/0000-0003-4410-8868 Journal name Proceedings of the Royal Society B : biological sciences Volume number 282 Season Article Number : 20151602 Start page 1 End page 8 Total pages 8 Publisher Royal Society Publishing Place of publication London, Eng. Publication date 2015 ISSN 1471-2954 Keyword(s) apex predators habitat modification large herbivores mesopredators top-down versus bottom-up trophic cascade Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Biology Ecology Evolutionary Biology Life Sciences & Biomedicine - Other Topics Environmental Sciences & Ecology YELLOWSTONE-NATIONAL-PARK BIALOWIEZA PRIMEVAL FOREST DEER HABITAT SELECTION VULPES-VULPES DENSITY TOP PREDATORS CANIS-LUPUS ROE DEER TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS MESOPREDATOR RELEASE SPATIAL-PATTERNS Summary Apex predators perform important functions that regulate ecosystems worldwide. However, little is known about how ecosystem regulation by predators is influenced by human activities. In particular, how important are top-down effects of predators relative to direct and indirect human-mediated bottom-up and top-down processes? Combining data on species' occurrence from camera traps and hunting records, we aimed to quantify the relative effects of top-down and bottom-up processes in shaping predator and prey distributions in a human-dominated landscape in Transylvania, Romania. By global standards this system is diverse, including apex predators (brown bear and wolf), mesopredators (red fox) and large herbivores (roe and red deer). Humans and free-ranging dogs represent additional predators in the system. Using structural equation modelling, we found that apex predators suppress lower trophic levels, especially herbivores. However, direct and indirect top-down effects of humans affected the ecosystem more strongly, influencing species at all trophic levels. Our study highlights the need to explicitly embed humans and their influences within trophic cascade theory. This will greatly expand our understanding of species interactions in human-modified landscapes, which compose the majority of the Earth's terrestrial surface. Language eng DOI 10.1098/rspb.2015.1602 Field of Research 060299 Ecology not elsewhere classified 06 Biological Sciences 11 Medical And Health Sciences 07 Agricultural And Veterinary Sciences Socio Economic Objective 970106 Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2015, The Authors Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30078864 Document type: Journal Article Collections: School of Life and Environmental Sciences Centre for Integrative Ecology Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 06 Oct 2015, 07:50:28 EST Tue, 06 Oct 2015, 08:45:47 EST Mon, 14 Dec 2015, 13:08:08 EST Mon, 18 Jan 2016, 07:28:42 EST Wed, 20 Jan 2016, 05:08:55 EST Fri, 18 Mar 2016, 13:38:29 EST Fri, 18 Mar 2016, 13:41:23 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 16 times in TR Web of Science Cited 25 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 154 Abstract Views, 2 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 14 Dec 2015, 13:08:08 EST

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