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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... volume is a direct result. They generously contributed their time and thoughts to addressing the complicated set of questions we have posed here, and then spent considerable energy formulating these beautifully written essays in a ...
... volume we probe the relationship between these two approaches and the science underlying them, seeking to understand the relationship between the presence of large carnivorous animals and the conservation of all attributes and ...
... volume and its conclusions. The book is intended as a representative review of what is currently known about the relationship between carnivores and biodiversity and how it relates to the conservation of both. It is aimed at ...
... volume in which the scientific context and practical implications of the role of large carnivores in conserving biodiversity are explored in finer detail. CHAPTER 2 An Ecological Context for the Role of Large 8 Setting the Stage.
... volume). Arguably, their paper defined how we now consider biodiversity (Box 2.1). It also spawned contemporary concepts such as the intermediate disturbance hypothesis, trophic cascades, top-down forces in food web structure and ...
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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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