The importance of maintaining carnivores in wildlands (La Importancia de mantener carnivoros en Areas silvestres)

Abstract

I'd like to talk a little bit about another important disturbance regime in much of the western United States and Mexico. We've talked some about the importance of fire. Another one is the importance of natural hydrological cycles. But an often-overlooked important ecological disturbance regime is predation. Research around the world and in many habitats has found the importance of large carnivores in top-down regulation of ecosystems.

Parent Publication

• Grasslands ecosystems, endangered species, and sustainable ranching in the Mexico-U.S. borderlands: Conference proceedings

Citation

Foreman, Dave. 2006. The importance of maintaining carnivores in wildlands (La Importancia de mantener carnivoros en Areas silvestres). In: Basurto, Xavier; Hadley, Diana, eds. 2006. Grasslands ecosystems, endangered species, and sustainable ranching in the Mexico-U.S. borderlands: Conference proceedings. RMRS-P-40. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 35-40