Study of Lions and Wildebeest Finds Being Social Stabilizes Ecosystems

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Scientists have found that being social and forming groups is a protection against prey. Credit: Craig Packer University of Minnesota
Scientists have found that being social and forming groups is a protection against prey. Credit: Craig Packer, University of Minnesota

Breaking with 80 years of ecological theory, scientists at the University of Minnesota and the Universities of Guelph and British Columbia have found that the best way to spot a sustainable relationship between social predators and prey is to count not the animals, but the groups they form.


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