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Top Predators and Extinctions
August 1, 2012 | Yale

Global warming may cause more extinctions than predicted if scientists fail to account for interactions among species in their models. [...] research has shown that top consumers — predators and herbivores — have an especially strong effect on many other species.” Quoted from the Yale press release.


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