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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... important claim. As practitioners of science-based conservation, and strong supporters of the value of large carnivorous animals, we thought it a critical time to bring together experts from the scientific community to assess this link ...
... important to consider the conditions that might be necessary for their influence on ecosystem properties to be strong. Such questions are central to the scientific basis for conserving biodiversity. Justina Ray (Chapter 3) takes a first ...
... important are large carnivorous animals for conserving biodiversity? Today they are rare or absent from most terrestrial, aquatic, and marine ecosystems. Should we invest heavily in political and real capital to restore them? These ...
... importance of species relative to their abundance (after Power et al. 1996, with permission—Copyright, American Institute of Biological Sciences). Important species include Pisaster (P), sea otter (O), the Chilean predatory whelk ...
... important or even possible there (Strong 1992; Polis and Strong 1996). Most examples of cascading effects are at the community level (e.g., those already described here), but there are also cases where top predators strongly affect one ...
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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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