Large Carnivores and the Conservation of BiodiversityJustina Ray, Kent H. Redford, Robert Steneck, Joel Berger Island Press, 09/04/2013 - 526 páginas Large Carnivores and the Conservation of Biodiversity brings together more than thirty leading scientists and conservation practitioners to consider a key question in environmental conservation: Is the conservation of large carnivores in ecosystems that evolved with their presence equivalent to the conservation of biological diversity within those systems? Building their discussions from empirical, long-term data sets, contributors including James A. Estes, David S. Maehr, Tim McClanahan, Andrès J. Novaro, John Terborgh, and Rosie Woodroffe explore a variety of issues surrounding the link between predation and biodiversity: What is the evidence for or against the link? Is it stronger in marine systems? What are the implications for conservation strategies? Large Carnivores and the Conservation of Biodiversity is the first detailed, broad-scale examination of the empirical evidence regarding the role of large carnivores in biodiversity conservation in both marine and terrestrial ecosystems. It contributes to a much more precise and global understanding of when, where, and whether protecting and restoring top predators will directly contribute to the conservation of biodiversity. Everyone concerned with ecology, biodiversity, or large carnivores will find this volume a unique and thought-provoking analysis and synthesis. |
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... Linnell, Christoph Promberger, Luigi Boitani, Jon E. Swenson, Urs Breitenmoser, and Reidar Andersen The Nature of Biodiversity 382 Europe: A Continent Shaped by Humans 382 European Large Carnivore Populations 386 Goals for Large ...
... Linnell, David Maehr, Tim McClanahan, Bill McShea, Brian Miller, Reed Noss, François Messier, Andrés Novaro, Tim O'Brien, John Robinson, Mel Sunquist, Rick Sweitzer, and Adrian Treves. To all we are grateful. Barbara Dean at Island ...
... Linnell et al., this volume), indicating that careful attention needs to be paid to whom the conservation message is being directed. A global conservation symbol cannot be assumed to work at the local level because large carnivores are ...
... (Linnell et al. 2000; Karanth et al. 2004). A growing recognition of the general unsuitability of large carnivores as biodiversity surrogates is leading either to use of other umbrella species that are more sensitive to habitat condition ...
... Linnell, this volume). Such constraints could compromise biodiversity goals, even if the conservation or reintroduction of that species were deemed to be successful by other measures. Spatial and Temporal Variation in Functionality ...
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From Largely Intact to HumanDominated Systems Insight on the Role of Predation Derived from LongTerm Studies | 177 |
Achieving Conservation and Management Goals through Focus on Large Carnivorous Animals | 289 |
References | 429 |
List of Contributors | 509 |
Index | 512 |
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