Eminent biologist Professor John W. Terborgh has to his credit a lifetime of major contributions to tropical ecology, biogeography and biological conservation.



The Director of the Center for Tropical Conservation at Duke University, he discusses trophic cascades, which is the top-down regulation of ecosystems by predators, and to explain what they are, how they work and why they matter.

Eminent biologist Professor John W. Terborgh has to his credit a lifetime of major contributions to tropical ecology, biogeography and biological conservation. The Director of the Center for Tropical Conservation at Duke University, he discusses trophic cascades, which is the top-down regulation of ecosystems by predators, and to explain what they are, how they work and why they matter.

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