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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... in Yellowstone National Park with and without Wolves 101 Ecology beyond Yellowstone National Park with and without Wolves 107 Summary 108 CHAPTER 7 Large Marine Carnivores: Trophic Cascades and Top-Down Controls viii Contents.
... Marine Carnivores: Fisheries-Induced Declines in Predator Abundance 112 Evidence for Past and Present Top-Down Predator Effects Altering Trophic Cascades in Major Benthic Marine Ecosystems 116 Evidence from Other Marine Ecosystems 132 ...
... Marine Parks 247 Tim R. McClanahan Statement of the Problem 249 Study Sites and History of the Coral Reef Parks 249 Field Sampling and Data Analysis 251 Research Findings 254 Discussion 261 Conservation Recommendations and Concluding ...
... marine as well as the terrestrial realm. We have been only partially successful in this effort; although the loss of large carnivores in the marine realm has been well documented (e.g., Myers and Worm 2003), the effects of such loss ...
... marine or freshwater aquatic ecosystems. It could be that terrestrial predator–prey interactions are more difficult to observe because they play out over much larger areas and over a much longer period of time. Nevertheless, the effects ...
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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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