Humanity’s diverse predatory niche and its ecological consequences

• Published in: Communications biology Vol. 6; no. 1; pp. 609 - 10
• Main Authors: Darimont, Chris T., Cooke, Rob, Bourbonnais, Mathieu L., Bryan, Heather M., Carlson, Stephanie M., Estes, James A., Galetti, Mauro, Levi, Taal, MacLean, Jessica L., McKechnie, Iain, Paquet, Paul C., Worm, Boris
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 29.06.2023; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 631/158/672; 631/158/856; Animals; Biodiversity; Biological Evolution; Biology; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Ecology; Ecosystem; Food consumption; Life Sciences; Niches; Predator-prey interactions; Predators; Predatory Behavior; Prey; Threatened species; Ursidae

Although humans have long been predators with enduring nutritive and cultural relationships with their prey, seldom have conservation ecologists considered the divergent predatory behavior of contemporary, industrialized humans. Recognizing that the number, strength and diversity of predator-prey re...