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Biology and conservation of wild felids /
This advanced textbook brings together a unique network of the world's most respected and knowledgeable experts to provide a review of the biology and conservation of wild felids, and detailed case-studies from species investigations worldwide.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford [England] ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
©2010.
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| Colección: | Oxford biology.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Dramatis personae : an introduction to the wild felids / David W. Macdonald, Andrew J. Loveridge, and Kristin Nowell
- Phylogeny and evolution of cats (Felidae) / Lars Werdelin [and others]
- Felid form and function / Andrew C. Kitchener, Blaire Van Valkenburgh, and Nobuyuki Yamaguchi
- Genetic applications in wild felids / Melanie Culver [and others]
- Felid society / David W. Macdonald, Anna Mosser, and John L. Gittleman
- People and wild felids : conservation of cats and management of conflicts / Andrew J. Loveridge [and others]
- Many ways of skinning a cat : tools and techniques for studying wild felids / K. Ullas Karanth, Paul Funston, and Eric Sanderson
- Felids ex situ : managed programmes, research, and species recovery / David Wildt [and others]
- Wild felid diseases : conservation implications and management strategies / Linda Munson [and others]
- Ecology of infectious diseases in Serengeti lions / Meggan E. Craft
- African lions on the edge : reserve boundaries as 'attractive sinks' / Andrew J. Loveridge [and others]
- Tiger range collapse and recovery at the base of the Himalayas / John Seidensticker [and others]
- The Amur tiger : a case study of living on the edge / Dale G. Miquelle [and others]
- An adaptive management approach to trophy hunting of leopards (Panthera pardus) : a case study from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa / Guy A. Balme [and others]
- Cheetahs and ranchers in Namibia: a case study / Laurie Marker [and others]
- Past, present and future of cheetahs in Tanzania : their behavioural ecology and conservation / Sarah M. Durant [and others]
- Jaguars, livestock and people in Brazil : realities and perceptions behind the conflict / Sandra M.C. Cavalcanti [and others]
- The ecology of jaguars in the Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary, Belize / Bart J. Harmsen [and others]
- Snow leopards, conflict, and conservation / Rodney M. Jackson [and others]
- Pumas and people : lessons in the landscape of tolerance from a widely distributed felid / Tucker Murphy and David W. Macdonald
- Long term research on the Florida panther (Puma concolor coryi) : historical findings and future obstacles to population persistence / Dave Onorato [and others]
- Reversing cryptic extinction : the history, present and future of the Scottish wildcat / David W. Macdonald [and others]
- The changing impact of predation as a source of conflict between hunters and reintroduced lynx in Switzerland / Urs Breitenmoser [and others]
- Iberian lynx : the uncertain future of a critically endangered cat / Pablo Ferreras [and others]
- Cyclical dynamics and behaviour of Canada lynx in northern Canada / Mark O'Donoghue [and others]
- Black-footed cats (Felis nigripes) and African wild cats (Felis silvestris) : a comparison of two small felids from South African arid lands / Alexander Sliwa, Marna Herbst, and M. Gus L. Mills
- Ocelot ecology and its effect on the small-felid guild in the lowland neotropics / Tadeu G. de Oliveira [and others]
- Highland cats : ecology and conservation of the rare and elusive Andean cat / Jorgelina Marino [and others]
- Felid futures : crossing disciplines, borders, and generations / David W. Macdonald, Andrew J. Loveridge, and Alan Rabinowitz.