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It turns out that wolves have a greater influence than expected when it comes to smaller predators further down the food chain. Using coyote and red fox fur trapping records, scientists have recorded how these larger predators influence the ecosystem around them.

The remarkable chain of events that set the stage for gray wolves to gain California Endangered Species Act protections last week seemed, at times, more cinematic than real.

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