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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... Human-Induced Changes in the Effect of Top Carnivores on Biodiversity in the Patagonian Steppe 268 Andrés J. Novaro and R. Susan Walker Native Carnivore and Prey Communities of the Patagonian Steppe 269 Human Impact on Patagonian ...
... Humans: Does Functional Redundancy Occur and Does It Matter? 315 Joel Berger Limitations of Approach 316 Current Overlap between Hunting Humans and Carnivores 317 Predictions: Concordance in Effects of Human and Carnivore Hunting 319 ...
... human race, saving these species has become one of the most difficult tests we face in biological conservation. The ... humans (c.f. Treves and Karanth 2003). We describe the species of interest as large and carnivorous because we are ...
... humans and large carnivores. But despite this ambiguity, we have worked throughout this book to bring to the surface the ... Human-Dominated Systems: Insight on the Role of Predation Derived from Long-Term Studies, five case studies are ...
... human psyche. As Quammen (2003: 13) has written: “For as long as Homo sapiens has been sapient . . . alpha predators ... human and jaguar, with the jaguar pictured standing in a human position (Saunders 1990). Large carnivorous animals ...
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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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