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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... vegetation responds quickly to changes in herbivory. Predator-induced declines in herbivores can result in rapid increases of macroalgae that change habitat architecture, creating a predator-free refuge for small herbivores and other ...
... vegetation or intertidal barnacles and mussels, create positive feedbacks in which abiotic stress is reduced, which increases competition strength (Bruno et al. 2003). Other organisms can reduce predation potential by providing ...
... vegetation are from marine ecosystems (Polis 3 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 2 1 0. Do Marine Systems Have the Strongest Trophic Cascades? review of 60 terrestrial studies, Schmitz et al. (2000) found. An Ecological Context for the Role of Large ...
... vegetation but without evidence that the system was heading toward complete deforestation as is commonly seen in the sea. Perhaps the best example of strong top-down control in a diverse tropical terrestrial ecosystem comes from a study ...
... vegetation over expansive areas (Stenecket al. 2002). Such fishing down of marine food webs is thought by some to be one of the most serious threats to ecosystems of the world (Jackson et al. 2001). Conserving Biodiversity Large ...
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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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