Large carnivores and the conservation of biodiversity

摘要: Large Carnivores and the Conservation of Biodiversity brings together more than thirty leading scientists conservation practitioners to consider a key question in environmental conservation: Is large carnivores ecosystems that evolved with their presence equivalent biological diversity within those systems? Building discussions from empirical, long-term data sets, contributors including James A. Estes, David S. Maehr, Tim McClanahan, Andres J. Novaro, John Terborgh, Rosie Woodroffe explore variety issues surrounding link between predation biodiversity: What is evidence for or against link? it stronger marine are implications strategies? first detailed, broad-scale examination empirical regarding role biodiversity both terrestrial ecosystems. It contributes much precise global understanding when, where, whether protecting restoring top predators will directly contribute biodiversity. Everyone concerned ecology, biodiversity, find this volume unique thoughtprovoking analysis synthesis.