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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... Guild Redundancy among Large Mammalian Carnivores 154 Rosie Woodroffe and Joshua R. Ginsberg Large Carnivore Assemblages and the Forces That Structure Them 159 When Guilds Collapse: Rules for the Disassembly of Large Carnivore ...
... Guilds in Fragmented Landscapes: Some Complex and Surprising Predictions 169 Conclusions and Conservation Recommendations 172 Summary 174 PART III From Largely Intact to Human-Dominated Systems: Insight on the Role of Predation Derived ...
... 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 Cascades, and Diversity in Coral Reef ...
... guilds. In Part Three, From Largely Intact to Human-Dominated Systems: Insight on the Role of Predation Derived from Long-Term Studies, five case studies are presented by ecologists who have worked on a long-term basis in various ...
... guilds can become so diffuse that their per capita impacts become very low (Duffy 2002). In that case, loss of a species may have modest or undetectable communitywide implications. Attenuation of top-down effects in highly diverse ...
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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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