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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... and integrity of the first humans” (Davis 1996). If we are to save ourselves, we must save all the parts of our humanity. As go these wild animals, so goes the human soul. PART I Setting the Stage There are both theoretical and 6 ...
... humans, how and why human interactions on land and in the sea have led to their decline, and what all of this might mean for conserving biodiversity. Extinction Rates There are also relatively few species of “big fierce animals” because ...
... human interactions has obviously increased in recent centuries. Human Impacts and Sliding Predator Baselines The first human records of a terrestrial ecosystem show an intact carnivore and herbivore megafauna. Cave drawings from Chauvet ...
... human arrivals but asynchronous with climate changes (Roberts et al. 2001). Despite the growing consensus of the correlation between humans and megafaunal extinctions, there is no consensus about causes in the terrestrial realm. Many ...
... human activity alters not just patterns of biodiversity but also ecological processes (Karr 2000; Noss 2000). Practically speaking, determining whether a system possesses its historic fauna and ecological processes is an important ...
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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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