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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... Top-Down Forces in Food Webs: Keystones to Trophic Cascades 15 Variability of Trophic Cascades 17 Do Marine Systems Have the Strongest Trophic Cascades? 23 Why Big Fierce Animals Are Rare: Top-Down Vulnerability and Chronically Sliding ...
... 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.
... Top-Down Controls in Coastal Ecosystems Past and Present 110 Robert S. Steneck and Enric Sala Predation Theory and Evidence of Effects 111 We Eat Large Marine Carnivores: Fisheries-Induced Declines in Predator Abundance 112 Evidence for ...
... Up and Top-Down Control 230 Bogumila Je ̨drzejewska and Wlodzimierz Je ̨drzejewski Bialowiez•a Primeval Forest: Study Area and Methods 231 Wolf and Lynx Predation on Ungulates 233 Long-Term Data on Large Carnivores and Ungulates 236 Top-Down ...
... Top-Down and Bottom-Up Processes 354 Future Directions for Predator–Prey Modeling 358 Linking Predator–Prey Dynamics to Ecosystem Processes and Biodiversity 359 Summary 360 CHAPTER 18 Top Carnivores and Biodiversity Conservation in the ...
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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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