Status and ecological effects of the world's largest carnivores.

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Published in Science on January 10, 2014

Authors

William J Ripple1, James A Estes, Robert L Beschta, Christopher C Wilmers, Euan G Ritchie, Mark Hebblewhite, Joel Berger, Bodil Elmhagen, Mike Letnic, Michael P Nelson, Oswald J Schmitz, Douglas W Smith, Arian D Wallach, Aaron J Wirsing

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1: Trophic Cascades Program, Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA.

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