Based on papers from a workshop held at White Oak Plantation in May 2003.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 429-507) and index.

Introduction: How to Value Large Carnivorous Animals / Kent H. Redford -- An Ecological Context for the Role of Large Carnivores in Conserving Biodiversity / Robert S. Steneck -- Large Carnivorous Animals as Tools for Conservi Biodiversity: Assumptions and Uncertainties / Justina C. Ray -- Carnivory and Trophic Connectivity in Kelp Forests / James A. Estes -- The 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 Carnivored and Ungulates in European Temperate Forest EcosystemsL Bottom-Up and Top-Down Control / Bogumila Jedrzejewska and Wlodzimierz Jedrejewski -- 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 / Andres 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 -- The 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.]