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Summary Of Scared To Death By Ed Yong

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In “Scared to Death” by Ed Yong, Yong elaborates on the phrase “landscape of fear”. He introduces, coined by John Laundre, and its relevance to the return of grey wolves in Yellowstone National Park. He includes research from several men to show the evolution of the phrase. Two ways Yong refines the meaning of the phrase are his references to research from Scott Creel [Montana State University] and William Ripple [Oregon State University]. To begin with, Yong starts to refine the phrase “landscape of fear” in his reference to research published by Scott Creel. Creel’s research brought to life the understanding that predators don’t just affect their prey by hunting them, but also by manipulating their behavior. Between 2002 and 2006, “…when

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