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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... Ecosystems 116 Evidence from Other Marine Ecosystems 132 General Consequences of the Loss of Large Carnivores, and Implications for Conservation 134 Summary 136 CHAPTER 8 Forest Ecosystems without Carnivores: When Ungulates Rule the ...
... Ecosystems 208 M. G. L. Mills Study Areas 209 Predator–Prey Relationships in Various Systems 212 Intraguild Relationships 223 Biodiversity Implications of Large Carnivore Ecology 223 Conserving Carnivores and Carnivory in Ecosystems 225 ...
... Ecosystems: Bottom-Up and Top-Down Control 230 Bogumila Je ̨drzejewska and Wlodzimierz Je ̨drzejewski Bialowiez•a Primeval Forest: Study Area and Methods 231 Wolf and Lynx Predation on Ungulates 233 Long-Term Data on Large Carnivores ...
... ecosystems to those heavily influenced by humans, in the Russian Far East, African savannas, European temperate forests, tropical coral reefs, and Patagonian Steppe. In Part Four, Achieving Conservation and Management Goals through ...
... ecosystems. Should we invest heavily in political and real capital to restore them? These questions require that we understand their ecological roles in ecosystems. However, most studies are too limited in scope to provide answers to ...
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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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