Evidence for top predator control of a grazing ecosystem - Frank - 2008 - Oikos - Wiley Online Library

Evidence for top predator control of a grazing ecosystem - Frank - 2008 - Oikos - Wiley Online Library: "The importance of top predators in controlling ecological processes in large, intact ecosystems is unclear. In grasslands that support abundant ungulates, top–down control by predators may be particularly important, because of the tight biogeochemical linkages of ungulate prey with plants and soil microbes."