The wolf's tooth : keystone predators, trophic cascades, and biodiversity

The Resource The wolf's tooth : keystone predators, trophic cascades, and biodiversity
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The wolf's tooth : keystone predators, trophic cascades, and biodiversity
Title remainder
keystone predators, trophic cascades, and biodiversity
Statement of responsibility
Cristina Eisenberg
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Genre
Language
eng
Summary
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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digitized
Cataloging source
N$T
Dewey number
591.5/3
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
Index
index present
Language note
English
LC call number
QL758
LC item number
.E36 2010eb
Literary form
non fiction
NAL call number
QL758
NAL item number
.E36 2010
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
NLM call number
QH 541.15.E265 V518w 2010

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