Large carnivores and the conservation of biodiversity

Ray, Justina C. (Added Author).

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ISBN: 1559630809 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 1559630795 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN: 1429495197 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9781429495196 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 1559630809 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9781559630801 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 1559630795 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9781559630795 (cloth : alk. paper)
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 526 p.) : ill.
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Publisher: Washington : Island Press, c2005.

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General Note:	Multi-User. Wildsight office ILL request Based on papers from a workshop held at White Oak Plantation in May 2003.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 429-507) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	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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