The Carnivore Way Coexisting with and Conserving North America<U+0080>́<U+0099>s Predators

What would it be like to live in a world with no predators roaming our landscapes? Would their elimination, which humans have sought with ever greater urgency in recent times, bring about a pastoral, peaceful human civilization? Or in fact is their existence critical to our own, and do we need to be doing more to assure their health and the health of the landscapes they need to thrive? In℗ The Carnivore Way, Cristina Eisenberg argues compellingly for the necessity of top predators in large, undisturbed landscapes, and how a continental-long corridor ́ a ́ carnivore way ́ ́ provides the room they need to roam and connected landscapes that allow them to disperse. Eisenberg follows the footsteps of six large carnivores ́ wolves, grizzly bears, lynx, jaguars, wolverines, and cougars ́ on a 7,500-mile wildlife corridor from Alaska to Mexico along the Rocky Mountains. Backed by robust science, she shows how their well-being is a critical factor in sustaining healthy landscapes and how it is possible for humans and large carnivores to coexist peacefully and even to thrive. University students in natural resource science programs, resource managers, conservation organizations, and anyone curious about carnivore ecology and management in a changing world will find a thoughtful guide to large carnivore conservation that dispels long-held myths about their ecology and contributions to healthy, resilient landscapes. What would it be like to live in a world with no predators roaming our landscapes? Would their elimination, which humans have sought with ever greater urgency in recent times, bring about a pastoral, peaceful human civilization? Or in fact is their existence critical to our own, and do we need to be doing more to assure their health and the health of the landscapes they need to thrive? In{u4A25} Carnivore Way, Cristina Eisenberg argues compellingly for the necessity of top predators in large, undisturbed landscapes, and how a continental-long corridor{u2014}a ?carnivore way????±???provides the room they need to roam and connected landscapes that allow them to disperse. Eisenberg follows the footsteps of six large carnivores{u2014}wolves, grizzly bears, lynx, jaguars, wolverines, and cougars{u2014}on a 7,500-mile wildlife corridor from Alaska to Mexico along the Rocky Mountains. Backed by robust science, she shows how their well-being is a critical factor in sustaining healthy landscapes and how it is possible for humans and large carnivores to coexist peacefully and even to thrive. University students in natural resource science programs, resource managers, conservation organizations, and anyone curious about carnivore ecology and management in a changing world will find a thoughtful guide to large carnivore conservation that dispels long-held myths about their ecology and contributions to healthy, resilient landscapes Front Matter....Pages i-xvi Introduction....Pages 1-7 Front Matter....Pages 9-9 Corridor Ecology and Large Carnivores....Pages 11-35 The Ecological Role of Large Carnivores....Pages 37-60 Crossings....Pages 61-80 Front Matter....Pages 81-81 Grizzly Bear ( Ursus arctos )....Pages 83-111 Wolf ( Canis lupus )....Pages 113-145 Wolverine ( Gulo gulo luscus )....Pages 147-169 Lynx ( Lynx canadensis )....Pages 171-189 Cougar ( Puma concolor )....Pages 191-215 Jaguar ( Panthera onca )....Pages 217-240 Back Matter....Pages 241-308