The Wolf's Tooth: Keystone Predators, Trophic Cascades, and Biodiversity - Hardcover

Eisenberg, Cristina

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1597263974 ISBN 13: 9781597263979

Verlag: Island Press, 2010

Inhaltsangabe

Animals such as wolves, sea otters, and sharks exert a disproportionate influence on their environment; dramatic ecological consequences can result when they are removed from—or returned to—an ecosystem.
 
In The Wolf's Tooth, scientist and author Cristina Eisenberg explores the concept of "trophic cascades" and the role of top predators in regulating ecosystems. Her fascinating and wide-ranging work provides clear explanations of the science surrounding keystone predators and considers how this notion can help provide practical solutions for restoring ecosystem health and functioning.
 
Eisenberg examines both general concepts and specific issues, sharing accounts from her own fieldwork to illustrate and bring to life the ideas she presents. She considers how resource managers can use knowledge about trophic cascades to guide recovery efforts, including how this science can be applied to move forward the bold vision of rewilding the North American continent. In the end, the author provides her own recommendations for local and landscape-scale applications of what has been learned about interactive food webs.
 
At their most fundamental level, trophic cascades are powerful stories about ecosystem processes—of predators and their prey, of what it takes to survive in a landscape, of the flow of nutrients. The Wolf's Tooth is the first book to focus on the vital connection between trophic cascades and restoring biodiversity and habitats, and to do so in a way that is accessible to a diverse readership.

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Cristina Eisenberg is a conservation biologist at Oregon State University, College of Forestry, and Boone and Crockett Fellow who studies how wolves affect forest ecosystems throughout the West.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Island Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1597263974
• ISBN 13: 9781597263979
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 272
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