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Yellowstone cougars : ecology before and after wolf restoration /
"Examines the effect of wolf restoration on cougar population in Yellowstone National Park. No other study has addressed theoretical and practical aspects of competition between large carnivores. A thorough examination of cougar ecology, how they interact and [are] influenced by wolves, how thi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Boulder :
University Press of Colorado,
[2019]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Part 1: Cougar studies before and during wolf restoration. Introduction and background ; The northern Yellowstone landscape ; Quantifying how species compete or coexist
- Part 2: Food resources : cougar-wolf-prey relationships. Predation on the Greater Yellowstone Northern Range ; Prey selection by cougars and wolves ; Rates of predation ; Direct interactions at kills ; Combined influences : cougars, wolves, and humans
- Part 3: Landscape use : do cougars avoid wolves? How might cougars respond to wolves? ; Spatial responses of cougars to wolf presence ; Patterns of resource use prior to and during wolf restoration ; Synthesis : competition refuges and managing risks in a wolf-dominated system
- Part 4: Before and after wolf restoration : cougar population characteristics. How might wolf restoration affect the cougar population? ; Cougar population structure ; Reproduction and survival rates of cougars ; Dispersal and population change
- Part 5: Carnivores and humans : competition and coexistence. Synthesis : the niches of cougars and wolves ; Management and conservation of cougars : considering interspecific competition
- Appendixes: A. Kill evaluation and categorization chart ; B. Modeling factors influencing kill rates ; C. Fixed kernel home range estimation and smoothing ; D. Population-level estimates of selection coefficients ; E. Synoptic habitat variables description and details ; F. Odds ratios and probability ratios.