Ep. 442 - Of Wolves & Forests
In Defense of Plants Podcast
In Defense of Plants
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 8 October 2023
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Predators like wolves are an integral part of ecosystem health. Moreover, their interactions with their herbivore prey can have major consequences on plant communities. Join me and Dr. Sarah Hoy as we discuss decades worth of data on wolf-moose-plant interactions on Isle Royale and learn how wolves can even impact plant chemistry. This episode was produced in part by Heidi, Kristin, Luke, Sea, Shannon, Thomas, Will, Jamie, Waverly, Brent, Tanner, Rick, Kazys, Dorothy, Katherine, Emily, Theo, Nichole, Paul, Karen, Randi, Caelan, Tom, Don, Susan, Corbin, Keena, Robin, Peter, Whitney, Kenned, Margaret, Daniel, Karen, David, Earl, Jocelyn, Gary, Krysta, Elizabeth, Southern California Carnivorous Plant Enthusiasts, Pattypollinators, Peter, Judson, Ella, Alex, Dan, Pamela, Peter, Andrea, Nathan, Karyn, Michelle, Jillian, Chellie, Linda, Laura, Miz Holly, Christie, Carlos, Paleo Fern, Levi, Sylvia, Lanny, Ben, Lily, Craig, Sarah, Lor, Monika, Brandon, Jeremy, Suzanne, Kristina, Christine, Silas, Michael, Aristia, Felicidad, Lauren, Danielle, Allie, Jeffrey, Amanda, Tommy, Marcel, C Leigh, Karma, Shelby, Christopher, Alvin, Arek, Chellie, Dani, Paul, Dani, Tara, Elly, Colleen, Natalie, Nathan, Ario, Laura, Cari, Margaret, Mary, Connor, Nathan, Jan, Jerome, Brian, Azomonas, Ellie, University Greens, Joseph, Melody, Patricia, Matthew, Garrett, John, Ashley, Cathrine, Melvin, OrangeJulian, Porter, Jules, Griff, Joan, Megan, Marabeth, Les, Ali, Southside Plants, Keiko, Robert, Bryce, Wilma, Amanda, Helen, Mikey, Michelle, German, Joerg, Cathy, Tate, Steve, Kae, Carole, Mr. Keith Santner, Lynn, Aaron, Sara, Kenned, Brett, Jocelyn, Ethan, Sheryl, Runaway Goldfish, Ryan, Chris, Alana, Rachel, Joanna, Lori, Paul, Griff, Matthew, Bobby, Vaibhav, Steven, Joseph, Brandon, Liam, Hall, Jared, Brandon, Christina, Carly, Kazys, Stephen, Katherine, Mohsin Kazmi Takes Pictures, Manny, doeg, Daniel, Tim, Philip, Tim, Lisa, Brodie, Bendix, Irene, holly, Sara, and Margie.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everyone and welcome to the Independence Plants Podcast, the official podcast of |
| 0:04.1 | IndependencePlants.com. What's up? This is your host Matt. Welcome to the show. |
| 0:08.0 | How is everyone doing this week? Today we are traveling to Lake Superior, specifically |
| 0:12.8 | Isle Royale, where we are going to talk to Dr. Sarah Hoy about her work on wolf moose interactions |
| 0:18.8 | and the impacts that has on plants. If you've taken any college class either in high schoolers |
| 0:24.9 | and undergrad, you might have encountered this idea of top-down ecosystem dynamics and that's |
| 0:29.3 | exactly what we're going to discuss today. The point of this conversation really is that we need |
| 0:34.1 | large predators. I understand that many people fear them but we fear them at a cost of really the |
| 0:39.8 | planet as you're going to hear. I don't want to steal any of our thunder. This is a really |
| 0:43.7 | interesting and important conversation to be had but before I get to that I just want to say |
| 0:47.9 | conversations like this can't happen unless you support podcasts like Independence Plants. |
| 0:52.4 | There are a lot of great ways to do that and one of the best is to become a patron over at patreon.com |
| 0:57.1 | slash indefensive plants. There's some great kick-packs for supporting it but the best of which |
| 1:01.1 | means you'll keep the show up and running week to week and I thank everyone that's kicked in thus far. |
| 1:06.0 | But that is entirely enough out of me. I don't want to keep you from this conversation any longer |
| 1:10.0 | so let's jump right into it without further ado. Here's my conversation with Dr. Sarah Hoy. I hope you |
| 1:15.1 | enjoy. |
| 1:30.1 | All right Dr. Sarah Hoy welcome to the podcast. I am super excited to talk to you today |
| 1:34.5 | but for those that aren't aware of your work let's start off with an introduction. Tell |
| 1:37.8 | everyone a little bit about who you are and what it is you do. So I'm Sarah Hoy. I'm a research |
| 1:44.2 | assistant professor at the University of Michigan Technological University that's based in |
| 1:50.8 | Houghton in the northern part of Michigan and for the last few years most of my research has focused |
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