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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... Declines in Predator Abundance 112 Evidence for Past and Present Top-Down Predator Effects Altering Trophic Cascades in Major Benthic Marine Ecosystems 116 Evidence from Other Marine Ecosystems 132 General Consequences of the Loss of ...
... declines in herbivores can result in rapid increases of macroalgae that change habitat architecture, creating a predator-free refuge for small herbivores and other mesopredators in which to hide from visual predators (Hacker and Steneck ...
... decline and plants will increase in proportion with changes in carnivore abundance. This “line of zero attenuation” is represented by the dotted line. The solid line represents the average line of attenuation. 1999). The sea otter/sea ...
... declines in wolf populations in the Rocky Mountains of North America resulted in increased moose (Alces alces) and elk (Cervus elaphus) populations and decreased aspen (Populus tremuloides) and willow (Salix spp.) tree abundance over ...
... decline, and what all of this might mean for conserving biodiversity. Extinction Rates There are also relatively few species of “big fierce animals” because both being big and being fierce (i.e., obligate carnivores) increase rates of ...
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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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