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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... 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 have only recently begun ...
... terrestrial and marine settings. Together, these two chapters set the stage for the remainder of the volume in which the scientific context and practical implications of the role of large carnivores in conserving biodiversity are ...
... terrestrial, aquatic, and marine ecosystems. Should we invest heavily in political and real capital to restore them? These questions require that we understand their ecological roles in ecosystems. However, most studies are too limited ...
... 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 of keystone species can become evident when they are ...
... terrestrial predators ranging from 10–4 to 103 kg and their prey ranging from 10–6 and 103 kg (Peters 1983). Thus large predatory mammals and birds scale to the mass of their prey in the same manner as small predatory lizards ...
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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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