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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... Down and Bottom-Up Forces in Diverse Guilds of Predators and Prey 240 Trophic Cascades: Indirect Effects of Large Carnivores on Forest Ecosystems 242 Conservation Implications 244 Summary 245 CHAPTER 13 Recovery of Carnivores, Trophic ...
... of Human and Carnivore Hunting 319 Conservation Recommendations: Functionality in Systems with Carnivores and Humans 337 Summary 340 CHAPTER 17 Detecting Top-Down versus Bottom-Up Regulation of Ungulates by xii Contents.
... Down versus Bottom-Up Regulation of Ungulates by Large Carnivores: Implications for Conservation of Biodiversity 342 R. Terry Bowyer, David K. Person, and Becky M. Pierce Conceptual Models of Predator–Prey Dynamics 344 Failure to ...
... down or bottom-up processes. The final two chapters in Part Four offer contrasting perspectives on how top carnivores are related to biodiversity conservation in boreal forest ecosystems and the “half-full” forests of Europe. This book ...
... (bottom up), consumers at higher trophic levels limit the abundance of lower trophic levels (top-down) (sensu Power 1992). This paradigm shift is much more ural communities, they had been thought of as “passengers” carried. than changing ...
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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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