User talk:Fourloves

Trophic trickle

This term, which you added to trophic cascade, gets almost no mileage in the literature. If we are to leave it there, then the reference you provided is not suitable, since the term is used only an an attention-grabber in the title, and is nowhere defined or used in the body. Anyway, I've replaced it with two better sources. But they are still not good sources, since the concept is not defined and developed in a general sense. I really don't think this term belongs in the article. --Epipelagic (talk) 07:31, 16 December 2011 (UTC)

Cheers! Indeed, it got little mileage there, but certainly was mentioned a few times as somewhat of an undefined term, since it was always wrapped by quotations. The difficulty of course, is that it's very much a common thread amongst academic ecologists, but it really has no place in the actual literature as it is semi-pejorative. For that reason, well-cited articles may not be super-strict in this case. I agree that it is somewhat out of place, but I feel it lightens the "Criticism" section to a point that would encourage further thought about the tension between Top-down vs. Bottom-up regulation due to its very subtle humour. I feel it's useful, but I'm not overly attached to the edit. I couldn't really find guidance in the MoS, so what's your feeling? Thanks for your help. Fourloves 07:54, 16 December 2011 (UTC)