The fox who cried wolf: A keywords and literature trend analysis on the phenomenon of mesopredator release

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00027014%3A_____%2F21%3AN0000187" target="_blank" >RIV/00027014:_____/21:N0000187 - isvavai.cz</a>

Nalezeny alternativní kódy

RIV/60460709:41320/21:89477

Výsledek na webu

<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>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

The fox who cried wolf: A keywords and literature trend analysis on the phenomenon of mesopredator release

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

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.

Název v anglickém jazyce

The fox who cried wolf: A keywords and literature trend analysis on the phenomenon of mesopredator release

Popis výsledku anglicky

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.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

10618 - Ecology

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2021

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Ecological Complexity

ISSN

1476-945X

e-ISSN

—

Svazek periodika

48

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

December

Stát vydavatele periodika

NL - Nizozemsko

Počet stran výsledku

9

Strana od-do

Article Number: 100963

Kód UT WoS článku

000720775400002

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85117568019