M Tim Tinker
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Recent Articles
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Langendorf R, Estes J, Watson J, Kenner M, Hatfield B, Tinker M, et al.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
. 2025 Mar;
122(10):e2413360122.
PMID: 40030028
Sea otters are an iconic keystone predator that can maintain kelp forests by preying on grazing invertebrates such as sea urchins. However, the effects of sea otters on kelp forests...
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Dedman S, Moxley J, Papastamatiou Y, Braccini M, Caselle J, Chapman D, et al.
Science
. 2024 Aug;
385(6708):adl2362.
PMID: 39088608
In ecosystems, sharks can be predators, competitors, facilitators, nutrient transporters, and food. However, overfishing and other threats have greatly reduced shark populations, altering their roles and effects on ecosystems. We...
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Law C, Tinker M, Fujii J, Nicholson T, Staedler M, Tomoleoni J, et al.
Science
. 2024 May;
384(6697):798-802.
PMID: 38753790
Although tool use may enhance resource utilization, its fitness benefits are difficult to measure. By examining longitudinal data from 196 radio-tagged southern sea otters (), we found that tool-using individuals,...
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Hughes B, Beheshti K, Tinker M, Angelini C, Endris C, Murai L, et al.
Nature
. 2024 Jan;
626(7997):111-118.
PMID: 38297171
The recovery of top predators is thought to have cascading effects on vegetated ecosystems and their geomorphology, but the evidence for this remains correlational and intensely debated. Here we combine...
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Stewart J, Joyce T, Durban J, Calambokidis J, Fauquier D, Fearnbach H, et al.
Science
. 2023 Oct;
382(6667):207-211.
PMID: 37824633
Climate change is affecting a wide range of global systems, with polar ecosystems experiencing the most rapid change. Although climate impacts affect lower-trophic-level and short-lived species most directly, it is...
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Wilson K, Sawyer A, Potapova A, Bailey C, LoScerbo D, Sweeney-Bergen E, et al.
Ecol Appl
. 2023 Jun;
33(6):e2898.
PMID: 37303288
Metapopulations are often managed as a single contiguous population despite the spatial structure underlying their local and regional dynamics. Disturbances from human activities can also be spatially structured with mortality...
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Salomon A, Okamoto D, Wilson I, Tommy Happynook H, Wickaninnish , Mack W, et al.
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci
. 2023 May;
378(1881):20220196.
PMID: 37246378
With climate, biodiversity and inequity crises squarely upon us, never has there been a more pressing time to rethink how we conceptualize, understand and manage our relationship with Earth's biodiversity....
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Smith J, Tinker M
Ecol Lett
. 2022 Jun;
25(8):1827-1838.
PMID: 35767228
Understanding the role of animal behaviour in linking individuals to ecosystems is central to advancing knowledge surrounding community structure, stability and transition dynamics. Using 22 years of long-term subtidal monitoring,...
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Dudek N, Switzer A, Costello E, Murray M, Tomoleoni J, Staedler M, et al.
Conserv Sci Pract
. 2022 Apr;
4(4).
PMID: 35382031
The southern sea otter () is a threatened sub-species in coastal ecosystems. To understand better the role of diet, monitor health, and enhance management of this and other marine mammal...
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Gorra T, Garcia S, Langhans M, Hoshijima U, Estes J, Raimondi P, et al.
Proc Biol Sci
. 2022 Jan;
289(1967):20211697.
PMID: 35042419
Humans were considered external drivers in much foundational ecological research. A recognition that humans are embedded in the complex interaction networks we study can provide new insight into our ecological...