E se eu lhe disser que lobos são capazes de mudar o curso de um rio? Pois é, eles são engenheiros da natureza. Venha comigo no primeiro episódio de Fome de Ciência.

As informações foram colhidas dos seguintes trabalhos:

BESCHTA, Robert L.; RIPPLE, William J. River channel dynamics following extirpation of wolves in northwestern Yellowstone National Park, USA. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms: The Journal of the British Geomorphological Research Group, v. 31, n. 12, p. 1525-1539, 2006. BESCHTA, Robert L.; RIPPLE, William J. Recovering riparian plant communities with wolves in northern Yellowstone, USA. Restoration Ecology, v. 18, n. 3, p. 380-389, 2010. BESCHTA, Robert L.; RIPPLE, William J. Divergent patterns of riparian cottonwood recovery after the return of wolves in Yellowstone, USA. Ecohydrology, v. 8, n. 1, p. 58-66, 2015. BESCHTA, Robert L.; RIPPLE, William J. Riparian vegetation recovery in Yellowstone: the first two decades after wolf reintroduction. Biological Conservation, v. 198, p. 93-103, 2016. BESCHTA, Robert L.; RIPPLE, William J. Can large carnivores change streams via a trophic cascade?. Ecohydrology, v. 12, n. 1, p. e2048, 2019. BOYCE, Mark S. Wolves for Yellowstone: dynamics in time and space. Journal of Mammalogy, v. 99, n. 5, p. 1021-1031, 2018. RIPPLE, William J.; BESCHTA, Robert L. Trophic cascades in Yellowstone: the first 15 years after wolf reintroduction. Biological Conservation, v. 145, n. 1, p. 205-213, 2012. RIPPLE, William J.; BESCHTA, Robert L.; PAINTER, Luke E. Trophic cascades from wolves to alders in Yellowstone. Forest Ecology and Management, v. 354, p. 254-260, 2015. WOLF, Evan C.; COOPER, David J.; HOBBS, N. Thompson. Hydrologic regime and herbivory stabilize an alternative state in Yellowstone National Park. Ecological Applications, v. 17, n. 6, p. 1572-1587, 2007.