Continental ConservationIsland Press |
Contents
Maintaining Flows in Fragmented | 6 |
The Issue of Scale in Selecting and Designing Biological | 19 |
The Role of Top Carnivores in Regulating Terrestrial | 39 |
Regional and Continental Restoration | 65 |
Where Nature Reigns | 99 |
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abundance American Naturalist animals approach beta diversity biodiversity Biological Conservation biologists BioScience birds buffer zones carnivores Chapter community ecology connectivity Conservation Biology conservationists continental core areas corridors deer densities dispersal disturbance diversity dynamics E. O. Wilson ecological processes Ecological restoration ecosys ecosystems effects efforts example exotic extinction fire focal species forest fragmentation function gamma diversity genetic goal habitat hectares herbivores home range human impacts increase interactions Island Press keystone species land landscape large carnivores M. E. Soulé mammals megaherbivores ment Metapopulation migratory movement National Park native species nonindigenous species North America Noss nutrient patches pollination prey protected areas reestablishment reintroduction require reserve design reserve network restoration ecology restoration project Rewilding rodents role Science Simberloff spatial scales square kilometers Terborgh terrestrial tion top predators top-down regulation trophic cascades ungulates vegetation viable populations Washington wetlands Wild Earth Wildlands Project Wildlife