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The world's first national park, Yellowstone is a symbol of
nature's enduring majesty and the paradigm of protected areas
across the globe. But Yellowstone is constantly changing. How we
understand and respond to events that are putting species under
stress, say the authors of Yellowstone's Wildlife in Transition,
will determine the future of ecosystems that were millions of years
in the making. With a foreword by the renowned naturalist E. O.
Wilson, this is the most comprehensive survey of research on North
America's flagship national park available today. Marshaling the
expertise of over thirty contributors, Yellowstone's Wildlife in
Transition examines the diverse changes to the park's ecology in
recent decades. Since its creation in the 1870s, the priorities
governing Yellowstone have evolved, from intensive management
designed to protect and propagate depleted large-bodied mammals to
an approach focused on restoration and preservation of ecological
processes. Recognizing the importance of natural occurrences such
as fires and predation, this more ecologically informed oversight
has achieved notable successes, including the recovery of
threatened native species of wolves, bald eagles, and grizzly
bears. Nevertheless, these experts detect worrying signs of a
system under strain. They identify three overriding stressors:
invasive species, private-sector development of unprotected lands,
and a warming climate. Their concluding recommendations will shape
the twenty-first-century discussion over how to confront these
challenges, not only in American parks but for conservation areas
worldwide. Highly readable and fully illustrated, Yellowstone's
Wildlife in Transition will be welcomed by ecologists and nature
enthusiasts alike.
What would you do if you discovered you had AIDS? Would you tell
your family and friends or would you keep it a secret? Would you
take revenge and infect others? This story is true and tells how a
friend reacted to his discovery of the disease and what happened.
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