The fox who cried wolf: A keywords and literature trend analysis on the phenomenon of mesopredator release
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Alternative codes found
RIV/60460709:41320/21:89477
Result on the web
<a href="https://vuzv.cz/_privat/21182.pdf" target="_blank" >https://vuzv.cz/_privat/21182.pdf</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecocom.2021.100963" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.ecocom.2021.100963</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The fox who cried wolf: A keywords and literature trend analysis on the phenomenon of mesopredator release
Original language description
Human activities severely impact the distribution and behaviour of apex predators in numerous terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, with cascading effects on several species. Mesopredator outbreaks attributable to the removal of an apex predator have often been recorded and described in the literature as "mesopredator release". During recent decades several examples of the phenomenon have been observed and studied in many different parts of the world. In this paper, we quantitatively reviewed the existing literature on mesopredator release using two software packages (VOSviewer and CiteSpace) to investigate patterns and trends in author keywords through occurrences and temporal analyses, and creating relative network maps. The results showed that even though the general scientific interest in mesopredator release has increased in recent decades, the vast majority of studies focus on canid species, leaving many other species or entire taxa (e.g., reptiles) understudied and underdescribed. The connection between invasive species and mesopredator release has only recently been more extensively explored and also the effects of apex predators declining in aquatic ecosystems are still only partially investigated. Due to the increasing effect of biological invasions, overfishing, and either the decline or the rise of apex predators in different parts of the world, we expect an even higher increase in interest and number of published documents on the subject. We also encourage widening the research focus beyond canids to include other important taxa.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10618 - Ecology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Ecological Complexity
ISSN
1476-945X
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
48
Issue of the periodical within the volume
December
Country of publishing house
NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS
Number of pages
9
Pages from-to
Article Number: 100963
UT code for WoS article
000720775400002
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85117568019