@article{1a69884f23614d9c8f77d271a49e3a3f,
title = "Trophic Downgrading of Planet Earth",
author = "Estes, {James A.} and John Terborgh and Brashares, {Justin S.} and Power, {Mary E.} and Joel Berger and Bond, {William J.} and Carpenter, {Stephen R.} and Essington, {Timothy E.} and Holt, {Robert D.} and Jackson, {Jeremy B. C.} and Marquis, {Robert J.} and Lauri Oksanen and Tarja Oksanen and Paine, {Robert T.} and Pikitch, {Ellen K.} and Ripple, {William J.} and Sandin, {Stuart A.} and Marten Scheffer and Schoener, {Thomas W.} and Shurin, {Jonathan B.} and Sinclair, {Anthony R. E.} and Soul{\'e}, {Michael E.} and Risto Virtanen and Wardle, {David A.}",
note = "Until recently, large apex consumers were ubiquitous across the globe and had been for millions of years. The loss of these animals may be humankind's most pervasive influence on nature. Although such losses are widely viewed as an ethical and aesthetic problem, recent research reveals extensive cascading effects of their disappearance in marine, terrestrial, and freshwater ecosystems worldwide.",
year = "2011",
month = jul,
day = "15",
doi = "10.1126/science.1205106",
language = "American English",
volume = "333",
journal = "Science",
}