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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... Restoring Functionality in Yellowstone with Recovering Carnivores: Gains and Uncertainties 100 Joel Berger and Douglas W. Smith Ecology in Yellowstone National Park with and without Wolves 101 Ecology beyond Yellowstone National Park ...
... carnivorous animals are a “tool” whose presence is required in order to achieve conservation of all components and attributes of biodiversity. And further, this argument states that restoration of this full spectrum of 4 Introduction.
... restoration of this full spectrum of biodiversity is not possible without reintroduction of large carnivorous animals. If this utilitarian approach to large carnivore conservation is correct, then we must be able to prove the vital role ...
... restore them? These questions require that we understand their ecological roles in ecosystems. However, most studies are too limited in scope to provide answers to such broad questions. One way around this lack of data that would allow ...
... restore large carnivores if they were never major players in the system. The present is often not the key to the past because baselines for most structuring processes have slid so far that they may now be unrecognizable from their ...
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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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