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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... relatively rapid timeframe. Thanks also to nonattending coauthors who enthusiastically shared their expertise, often with very short notice, to fill critical gaps in our coverage. It was our sincere pleasure and honor to work with such ...
... focusing conservation efforts on them will achieve conservation of biodiversity. Their contributions are arranged from those that examine relatively intact ecosystems to those heavily influenced How to Value Large Carnivorous Animals 3.
... relatively intact 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 ...
... relatively closed systems, there is a strong theoretical basis for extending many conclusions from this work to large-bodied predators. Large carnivores can affect local and regional biodiversity, but it is important to consider the ...
... relatively few ecosystems have large predators that play important roles, often due to extirpations induced by hunting and habitat change. But it is also possible that some habitats and ecosystems never had ecologically significant ...
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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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