TY - BOOK AU - Ray,Justina C. TI - Large carnivores and the conservation of biodiversity SN - 9781559630795 AV - QL737.C2 L34 2005eb U1 - 591.716 22 PY - 2005/// CY - Washington PB - Island Press KW - Carnivora KW - Conservation KW - Ecology KW - Predation (Biology) KW - Biodiversity conservation KW - Biodiversity KW - Conservation of natural resources KW - Conservation of Natural Resources KW - Predatory Behavior KW - Biodiversité KW - Carnivores KW - Écologie KW - Prédation (Biologie) KW - Conservation des ressources naturelles KW - Carnivora (order) KW - aat KW - ecology KW - SCIENCE KW - Life Sciences KW - Zoology KW - General KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Raubtiere KW - gnd KW - Artenschutz KW - Biodiversität KW - Ökosystem KW - Electronic books N1 - Based on papers from a workshop held at White Oak Plantation in May 2003; Includes bibliographical references (pages 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 [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]; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=204159 ER -