Large Carnivores and the Conservation of BiodiversityJustina Ray Island Press, 2005 - 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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... Lynx Predation on Ungulates The largest and the least numerous among Białowieża's ungulates - European bison and moose - were not attractive to predators . Lynx did not hunt them at all and wolves rarely killed moose and only ...
... lynx ( Lynx lynx ) persist in an area following recolo- nization or reintroduction . 2. Some ecosystem processes occur - e.g . , the lynx begin to eat roe deer ( Capre- olus capreolus ) ( predation ) , kill red foxes ( Vulpes vulpes ) ...
... Lynx ( Felis lynx ) , 181 , 182 Lynx ( Lynx canadensis ) : biomass of , 366–368 , 368-369 ; coyotes and , 376 ; limitation of prey by , 371 ; population cycles and , 363 ; predator exclusion experiments , 88–89 ; ungulate predation by ...
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PART I | 7 |
CHAPTER | 12 |
Keystones to Trophic Cascades | 15 |
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