I want to know if this fundamental research has important repercussions and if it justifies the death of animals...
I'm not sure, but that's why I study plants lol. I could never do that :-)
Although they did not kill the animals particularly for studying their ecology, one of the most wellknown ecology studies on dead vertebrates must be the one conducted on lynx - snowshoe hare pelt-trading records of the Hudson's Bay Company which has ended up with the famous ecology textbook example for predator-prey models. But I am not sure if this justifies the death of animals! On the other hand, I do not know what would be the scale of benefit from a scientific study to justify death of animals!
I agree with you! I know that many invertebrates (especially insects) are killed for fundamental studies in ecology, and in my opinion it is just as sad ...
Chapter 7 in 'Animal Rights: A Very Short Introduction' by David DeGrazia may prove useful.
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