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1 online resource (xiv, 526 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Note |
Based on papers from a workshop held at White Oak Plantation in May 2003. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 429-507) and index. |
| Contents |
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 Jędrzejewska and Włodzimierz Jędrzejewski -- 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]. |
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| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Carnivora -- Conservation.
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Carnivora. |
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Carnivora -- Ecology.
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Carnivora -- Ecology. |
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Predation (Biology)
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Predation (Biology) |
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Biodiversity conservation.
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Biodiversity conservation. |
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Carnivora. |
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Ecology. |
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Biodiversity. |
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Conservation of Natural Resources. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Ray, Justina C.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Large carnivores and the conservation of biodiversity. Washington : Island Press, ©2005 (DLC) 2004021349 |
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Online version: Large carnivores and the conservation of biodiversity. Washington : Island Press, ©2005 (OCoLC)755420582 |
| ISBN |
9781559630795 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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1559630795 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9781559630801 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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1559630809 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9781429495196 (electronic book) |
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1429495197 (electronic book) |
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9781597266093 |
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1597266094 |
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1559630795 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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1559630809 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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