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ArticleEcology and evolution2025

Do Wolves Protect Forests? Investigating the Link Between Wolf Density, Deer Browse, and Plant Recovery.

Elaine M Brice, Jennifer Price Tack, Amanda M McGraw, Bernd Blossey

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Article in Ecology and evolution, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Elaine M BriceDepartment of Natural Resources and the Environment Cornell University Ithaca New York USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6034-4065
Jennifer Price TackWisconsin Department of Natural Resources Rhinelander Wisconsin USA.
Amanda M McGrawWisconsin Department of Natural Resources Rhinelander Wisconsin USA.
Bernd BlosseyDepartment of Natural Resources and the Environment Cornell University Ithaca New York USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7043-4435

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Large ungulate populations can threaten forest regeneration and many rare or declining understory plants, birds, and small mammals. Reintroduction of large predators is often proposed as a remedy to reduce negative ecosystem effects associated with high ungulate populations, but we know little about the effectiveness of this approach. We assessed whether wolves (

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deer browsingforest regenerationtrophic cascadewhite‐tailed deerwolves

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PMID41112021
PMCPMC12530844

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