Top Predators Are Disappearing: What It Means for Ecosystems

In this video I explain why top predators are going extinct and why it matters #ecology #extinction #endangeredanimals #predators #science #biology Top predators are going extinct all over the world. But how is it possible that all these different predators, who have different behaviours, habitats, and unique interactions with humans, are all facing the same disastrous problem? Does it really matter if top predators go extinct? And what, if anything, can we do to stop it? Those are the questions we are going to answer in this video. Chapters: 00:00 Top predators everywhere are going extinct 02:06 Why are top predators vulnerable to extinction? 07:51 Why do top predators matter? 11:03: What can we do to stop it? Social Media and my credentials: Twitter:   / sem_munroe   LinkedIn:   / samantha-munroe-26b484b3   Website: http://www.smunroe.com/ Research Publications: https://scholar.google.com.au/citatio... Sources: Unless otherwise cited in the video, stock video, imagery, music, and sound effects were provided by TechSmith Assets for Camtasia Video was edited with Camtasia 2022 Thumbnail was created in Canva Will Science Find a Way to Save Earth’s Top Predators?: https://www.futurity.org/apex-predato... Status and Ecological Effects of the World’s Largest Carnivores: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/s... Ecosystem context and history contingency in apex predator recoveries: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/s... How do predation and resource availability drive changes in natural populations: https://www.nature.com/scitable/knowl... Trophic Downgrading of Planet Earth: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/s... Reintroduction of the Top Predator https://education.nationalgeographic.... Decline of predators such as wolves throws food chains out of whack: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation... The world’s top predators are in decline, and it’s hurting us too: https://theconversation.com/the-world... Reintroduction changes ecosystem in Yellowstone national park: https://www.yellowstonepark.com/thing... Global Effects of land use on biodiversity differ among functional groups: https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wil... Hunting, food subsidies, and mesopredator release: the dynamics of crop-raiding baboons in a managed landscape: https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wil... Researchers Say Wolves help plants by eating Deer, Elk: https://www.opb.org/news/article/rese... Wolves Bring aspen trees back: https://www.yellowstonepark.com/thing... Wolf Wars: America’s campaign to eradicate the Wolf: https://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/the-w... Extinction of thylacine: https://www.nma.gov.au/defining-momen... Why did the Tasmanian tiger go extinct?: https://theconversation.com/why-did-t... Tasmanian tiger: remains of the last-known thylacine unearthed in museum:https://www.theguardian.com/australia... Overfishing drives over 1/3 of all sharks and rays toward a global extinction crisis: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science... Parks for sharks: human exclusion areas outperform no-take marine reserves: https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wil... Groundbreaking CITES Vote Regarding Global Shark Conservation: https://www.forbes.com/sites/melissac...