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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... Yellowstone with Recovering Carnivores: Gains and Uncertainties 100 Joel Berger and Douglas W. Smith Ecology in Yellowstone National Park with and without Wolves 101 Ecology beyond Yellowstone National Park with and without Wolves 107 ...
... Yellowstone Ecosystem. The remaining chapters contribute through examining research results from a set of systems less frequently appreciated as central to the topic of this book. These include examining the general phenomenon of ...
... Yellowstone Ecosystem (see Smith et al. 2003). Hence, Yellowstone was considered to be a natural place for wolf restoration that would serve broader biodiversity goals. Bolstered by the apparent success of the Yellowstone reintroduction ...
... Yellowstone (Mladenoff et al. 1999). Perhaps more significantly, the region has suffered a host of anthropogenic impacts, including extirpations of some other large mammals, significant land clearing, forest fragmentation and edge ...
... Yellowstone Ecosystem, Joel Berger and Doug Smith (Chapter 6) review the substantial body of research that has documented the myriad ecosystem effects following the extirpation and subsequent reintroduction of wolves. This situation ...
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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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