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Description: |
xiv, 526 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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General Note: |
Based on papers from a workshop held at White Oak Plantation in May 2003. |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 429-507) and index. |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: Introduction, How to value large carnivorous animals / Kent H. Redford -- Ecological context for the role of large carnivores in conserving biodiversity / Robert S. Steneck -- Large carnivorous animals as tools for conserving biodiversity : assumptions and uncertainties / Justina C. Ray -- Carnivory and trophic connectivity in kelp forests / James A. Estes -- Green world hypothesis revisited / John Terborgh -- Restoring functionality in Yellowstone with recovering carnivores : gains and uncertainties / Joel Berger and Douglas W. Smith -- Large marine carnivores : trophic cascades and top-down controls in coastal ecosystems past and present / Robert S. Steneck and Enric Sala -- Forest ecosystems without carnivores : when ungulates rule the world / William J. McShea -- King of the beasts? : evidence for guild redundancy among large mammalian carnivores / Rosie Woodroffe and Joshua R. Ginsberg -- Tigers and wolves in the Russian Far East : competitive exclusion, functional redundancy, and conservation implications / Dale G. Miquelle [and others] -- Large carnivores and biodiversity in African savanna ecosystems / M.G.L. Mills -- Large carnivores and ungulates in European temperate forest ecosystems : bottom-up and top-down control / Bogumiła Je̜drzejewska and Włodzimierz Je̜drzejewski -- Recovery of carnivores, trophic cascades, and diversity in coral reef marine parks / Tim R. McClanahan -- Human-induced changes in the effect of top carnivores on biodiversity in the Patagonian Steppe / Andrés J. Novaro and R. Susan Walker -- Large carnivores, herbivores, and omnivores in south Florida : an evolutionary approach to conserving landscapes and biodiversity / David S. Maehr, Michael A. Orlando, and John J. Cox -- Hunting by carnivores and humans : does functional redundancy occur and does it matter? / Joel Berger -- Detecting top-down versus bottom-up regulation of ungulates by large carnivores : implications for conservation of biodiversity / R. Terry Bowyer, David K. Person, and Becky M. Pierce -- Top carnivores and biodiversity conservation in the boreal forest / Stan Boutin -- Linkage between conservation strategies for large carnivores and biodiversity : the view from the "half-full" forests of Europe / John D.C. Linnell [and others] -- Conclusion, Is large carnivore conservation equivalent to biodiversity conservation and how can we achieve both? / Justina C. Ray [and others]. |
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Summary, Etc. Note: |
Summary: ""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.""--Publisher's description. |
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Additional Physical Forms: |
Online version: Large carnivores and the conservation of biodiversity. Washington : Island Press, ©2005 (OCoLC)664550039 |
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Elect. Loc./Access: |
Table of contents http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0422/2004021349.html |