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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... ecological thought that addresses versions of this question, we have worked to place our volume in the perspective of larger ecological theory. Also aware of the efforts of others addressing similar questions, we have placed our work in ...
... ecological roles in ecosystems. However, most studies are too limited in scope to provide answers to such broad questions. One way around this lack of data that would allow a more holistic perspective is to apply ecological theory to ...
... ecological theory. Specifically I will review the origin and evolution of ecological theories that led to our current understanding of effects of large carnivores on biodiversity. I will consider under what conditions and in which ...
... ecological and evolutionary connotations. The term itself has evolved from Hutchinson's focus on simply the number of species found at a site (now called species richness) to what is now almost synonymous with some definitions of “ecology ...
... ecological interactions among the species (Huston 1994). Thus, “Biodiversity refers to the natural variety and variability among living organisms, the ecological complexes in which they naturally occur, and the ways in which they ...
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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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