Title: Deadly but not Dangerous: How Ecologically Effective are Komodo Dragons as an Apex Predator?
Authors: Jessop, Tim S.; Ariefiandy, Achmad; Forsyth, David M.; Purwandana, Deni; White, Craig R.; Benu, Yunias Jackson; Madsen, Thomas; Harlow, Henry J.; Letnic, Mike
Abstract: Despite having biomass and population-level energetic values that exceeded apex mammalian predators, Komodo dragons did not reduce populations of Rusa deer and wild pigs. However, the strength of these predatory interactions does not allow Komodo dragons to affect population growth in deer or wild pig populations.
Subjects: TOP predators; WILD boar; DEER populations
Publication: Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, 2020, Vol 101, Issue 2, p1
ISSN: 2327-6096
Publication type: Academic Journal
DOI: 10.1002/bes2.1671

Deadly but not Dangerous: How Ecologically Effective are Komodo Dragons as an Apex Predator?

Jessop, Tim S.; Ariefiandy, Achmad; Forsyth, David M.; Purwandana, Deni; White, Craig R.; Benu, Yunias Jackson; Madsen, Thomas; Harlow, Henry J.; Letnic, Mike