Aaron Wirsing is an ecologist with the School of Environmental and Forest Sciences studying predator-prey interactions.

On this episode of FieldSound, Wirsing discusses his research in both terrestrial and aquatic systems, the ways that top predators, such as grey wolves and tiger sharks, shape their ecosystems and how humans affect predator-prey interactions through processes such as urbanization and climate change.

The Predator Ecology Lab seeks to help better understand how predators influence their surroundings by interacting with their prey and seeks solutions to the challenges of large carnivore conservation & management in the changing world.

https://www.predatorecology.com/

Aaron Wirsing’s research has received support from the Seeley Fund for Ocean Research on Tetiaroa to establish and maintain a marine laboratory on the Tetiaroa atoll, the Save Our Seas Foundation and the Disney Wildlife Conservation Fund.

https://environment.uw.edu/podcast