Desert puma : evolutionary ecology and conservation of an enduring carnivore /

Annotation Scientists and conservationists are beginning to understand the importance of top carnivores to the health and integrity of fully functioning ecosystems. As burgeoning human populations continue to impinge on natural landscapes, the need for understanding carnivore populations and how we...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Logan, Kenneth A.
Otros Autores: Sweanor, Linda L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : Island Press, ©2001.
Temas:
Puma > New Mexico.
Desert animals > New Mexico.
Couguar > Nouveau-Mexique.
Faune désertique > Nouveau-Mexique.
NATURE > Animals > Big Cats.
Desert animals.
Puma.
Tierökologie
Artenschutz
Phylogenie
Verhalten
Puma
New Mexico.
New Mexico
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Pumas Past and Present
  • Puma Phylogeny
  • Puma Distribution and Status
  • Pumas in the Southwest
  • Taxonomy
  • Description
  • Statistic
  • Our Outdoor Laboratory
  • Physiography and Geology
  • Climate
  • Flora
  • Fauna
  • History of Human Use
  • History of Puma Exploitation
  • Studying Wild Pumas
  • Life Afield
  • To Catch a Puma
  • Monitoring Desert Mule Deer and Desert Bighorn Sheep
  • Radiotelemetry
  • Investigating the Dead
  • Overview of Analytical and Statistical Methods
  • Puma Life History Strategies and Population Dynamics
  • A Puma Population in the Desert
  • Research Hypotheses and Predictions
  • Terms for Pumas
  • Counting Pumas
  • Puma Population Structure
  • Sex Structure
  • Cubs
  • Subadults
  • Adults
  • Age Structure
  • The Population
  • Adult Pumas
  • Statistics
  • Reproduction
  • Natality
  • Timing of Births
  • Mating, Gestation, and Birth Intervals
  • Puberty and First Litters
  • Parental Investment
  • Reproductive Success
  • Females
  • Males
  • Statistics
  • Mortality and Survival
  • Human-Caused Mortality
  • Natural Mortality
  • Cubs
  • Subadults
  • Adults
  • Why Do Pumas Kill Other Pumas?
  • Statistics
  • Independence of Puma Progeny, and Philopatry, Emigration, and Immigration
  • Independence of Progeny
  • Philopatry and Dispersal
  • Emigration
  • Recruitment of Progeny and Immigrants
  • Puma Population Density, Growth, and Metapopulation Structure
  • Experimentally Removing Pumas
  • Density
  • Rates of Population Increase
  • Metapopulation Dynamics.

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