Top Predators Key to Extinctions as Planet Warms (1 of 3) (IMAGE)

Yale University

Top Predators Key to Extinctions as Planet Warms (1 of 3)

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This is a wolf, and a top predator, in Denali National Park, Alaska. Climate change is likely to have strong effects on top consumer species like these and, in turn, affect many more species within the natural community.

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Tom Meier, National Park Service

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