TheWolf'sTooth:KeystonePredators,TrophicCascades,andBiodiversity

ScientistandauthorCristinaEisenbergpresentsafascinatingandwide-ranginglookatthedramaticecologicalconsequencesofpredatorremoval(andreturn)assheexplorestheconceptof“trophiccascades”andtheroleoftoppredatorsinregulatingecosystems.Sheshowshowandwhyanimalssuchaswolves,seaotters,andsharksexertsuchadisproportionateinfluenceontheirenvironment,andconsidershowthisnotioncanhelpprovidepracticalsolutionsforrestoringecosystems.Trophiccascadesarepowerfulstoriesaboutecosystemprocesses—ofpredatorsandtheirprey,ofwhatittakestosurviveinalandscape,oftheflowofnutrients.TheWolf’sToothisthefirstbooktofocusonthevitalconnectionbetweentrophiccascadesandbiodiversityinawaythatisaccessibletoadiversereadership.