I need some help trying to find a good topic for a capstone paper it has to fall
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Question
I need some help trying to find a good topic for a capstone paper it has to fall under "trophic cascades" I see the biggest examples are wolves of Yellowstone, sea otters, starfish, and some other marine systems. I wanted to try to do something a little more interesting/different although I'm tempted to just do the otters or wolves. But I did see some articles on diseases or pathogens causing tropic cascades. I was wondering if someone could help me find some good examples with an easy to find a body of research behind it related to that. I need to have at least 5 papers which cite each other and ideally shows how an idea progresses over time. So, any help with great topic ideas with good examples of trophic cascades in a system would be amazing. ( i'm not asking for anyone to find all the paper either just maybe know that it should be hard to find the paper on the suggested topics and maybe an initial link to a paper )
Explanation / Answer
i do agree wolves are better choice but still if you wanna try something interesting try reading these articles which will have enough articles cited for reference
"Trophic Cascades Across Diverse Plant Ecosystems"
"Megaherbivores Modify Trophic Cascades Triggered by Fear of Predation in an African Savanna Ecosystem"
"Positive and negative effects of grass, cattle, and wild herbivores on Acacia saplings in an East African savanna"
"Wildlife Population Dynamics in Human-Dominated Landscapes under Community-Based Conservation: The Example of Nakuru Wildlife Conservancy, Kenya."
i also found trophic cascades comparing zooplanktons and phytoplanktons as simple & easy to find a body of research