Global Trophic Cascades Program is a research and educational program with the purpose of investigating the role of predators in structuring ecological communities. This program puts special emphasis on the role of potential keystone species in top-down community regulation, with linkages to biodiversity via trophic cascades.

A graduate degree concentration is available as part of the Trophic Cascades Program. Designed for students interested in topics that intersect forestry and wildlife science, this concentration provides an interdisciplinary approach to attaining sustainability of both forest and wildlife resources. Available within the Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society, the forestry/wildlife degree concentration involves dynamic interaction with faculty in both the College of Forestry and the Department of Fisheries & Wildlife. For more information, go to Graduate Studies.

Participating Faculty/Scientists

• William J. Ripple, Professor, Dept. of Forest Ecosystems and Society; Director, Trophic Cascades Program.
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• Robert L. Beschta, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Forest Ecosystems and Society.
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• Matthew G. Betts, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Forest Ecosystems and Society.
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• Julia C. Buck, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of California Santa Barbara.
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• Cristina Eisenberg, Associate Dean for Inclusive Excellence and Director of Tribal Initiatives, Professor of Practice, College of Forestry, OSU
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• James A. Estes, Professor, University of California, Santa Cruz.
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• Matt Hayward, School of Environment, Natural Resources and Geography, Bangor.
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• Jan Kamler, Research Associate, Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, University of Oxford.
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• Graham Kerley, Centre for African Conservation Ecology
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• Mike Letnic, Associate Professor, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences.
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• David Macdonald, WildCRU, Professor, Zoology, University of Oxford.
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• Taal Levi, Assitant Professor, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University.
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• Michael P. Nelson, Professor, Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society.
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• Thomas Newsome, Postdoctoral Scholar.
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• Luke Painter, Instructor, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University.
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• Jonah Piovia-Scott, Assistant Professor, School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Vancouver.
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• Arian Wallach, Charles Darwin University, School of Environment.
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• Aaron Wirsing, Associate Professor, School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington.
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