Large carnivores and the conservation of biodiversity:
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Veröffentlicht: Washington Island Press c2005
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Beschreibung:Based on papers from a workshop held at White Oak Plantation in May 2003. - Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Includes bibliographical references (p. 429-507) and index
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 ... [et al.] -- - 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 ... [et al.] -- - Conclusion - Is large carnivore conservation equivalent to biodiversity conservation and how can we achieve both? - Justina C. Ray ... [et al.]
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