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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... wolf populations in the Rocky Mountains of North America resulted in increased moose (Alces alces) and elk (Cervus ... wolves limit herbivory by moose and thus allow balsam fir trees on the island to prosper in concordant cycles (McLaren ...
... wolves (Canis lupus). In the Northeastern United States, burgeoning deer populations are seen by many as evidence of the impact of extirpation of large predators. In this light, the restoration of wolves would address not only the deer ...
... wolves in the United States provides a provocative example of this phenomenon. Various negative biodiversity impacts ... wolf restoration that would serve broader biodiversity goals. Bolstered by the apparent success of the Yellowstone ...
... wolves have been hailed as one remedy for restoring function to the degraded ecosystem characterized by overpopulated white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) (Soulé and Noss 1998). However, the Northeast has a significantly different ...
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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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