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Predation

Predation is an ecological interaction in which one organism, the predator, kills and consumes another, the prey, to obtain energy and nutrients. It is a fundamental force structuring ecological communities, regulating prey population size, influencing the distribution and behaviour of species, and contributing to t…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 5 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 5× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2997-2248 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Predation is an ecological interaction in which one organism, the predator, kills and consumes another, the prey, to obtain energy and nutrients. It is a fundamental force structuring ecological communities, regulating prey population size, influencing the distribution and behaviour of species, and contributing to the maintenance of biodiversity through its effects on competition and energy flow within food webs. Predation operates across taxa and scales, from interspecific encounters among insects such as damselflies and dragonflies, where one odonate may prey on another, to the consumption of birds and mammals and the dependence of large marine predators and baleen whales on harvested prey such as krill. Beyond direct mortality, predators exert indirect effects by altering prey foraging, habitat use, and life-history traits, shaping ecosystem dynamics through trophic cascades. Predation pressure also interacts with human activity, harvesting, and environmental change; the management of fisheries, the conservation of large mammals in human-influenced landscapes, and the dynamics of species such as salmon all reflect how predator-prey relationships respond to ecological and anthropogenic conditions. In the study of Wildlife, predation is examined to understand population regulation, community structure, and the conservation implications of disrupting the balance between predators and their prey.

Research published in this journal

5 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 5 articles above have been cited 5 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

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Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Wildlife (ISSN 2997-2248).

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Adriano Stinca · Italy

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