In Yellowstone, wolves transformed the ecosystem most consequentially by changing deer behavior, not merely by killing deer.
In Yellowstone, wolves transformed the ecosystem most consequentially by changing deer behavior, not merely by killing deer.
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@natureYellowstone National Park reintroduced wolves in 1995 after they had been absent for 70 years.
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