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Yellowstone seems like one of the most resilient ecosystems we do science on, seems it can reorganize to respond to changes in species. Can other ecosystems do
by cadamsdotcom 1y ago
Yellowstone seems like one of the most resilient ecosystems we do science on, seems it can reorganize to respond to changes in species.
Can other ecosystems do this? Or is Yellowstone the only one?
- trgn 1y agoArdennes too, according to our guide at least, reintroduction of wolves changed ecosystem
- __MatrixMan__ 1y agoA recent biology teacher of mine claims that military bases often contain ecosystems that are: - intact enough to have quick bounce back behavior upon species reintroduction and - small enough for you to have a good idea about which species are present - come with a built-in control variable: the civilian space on the other side of the border represents what would have happened if we had let economics have its way with the land Maybe you don't need quite that level of protection to see such effects, but generally you do need some. Throwing some wolves at a once-forest that's now half way to being a desert will not always save that forest.
- kergonath 1y agoIt is one of the better studied ones. What makes you think this sort of things does not happen elsewhere? Yellowstone has the advantage of being in the US, where there are a lot of people studying these things.