Yellowstone Cougars : Ecology before and during 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...

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Main Authors: Ruth, Toni K. (Toni Karen), 1963- (Author), Hornocker, Maurice G. (Author), Buotte, Polly C. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Boulder : University Press of Colorado, [2019]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Wolves > Reintroduction.
Wolves > Ecology.
Wildlife management.
Predation (Biology)
Competition (Biology)
Competition (Biologie) > Yellowstone National Park.
Predation (Biologie) > Yellowstone National Park.
Loups > Reintroduction > Yellowstone National Park.
Loups > Écologie > Yellowstone National Park.
Couguar > Écologie > Yellowstone National Park.
Wildlife management > Yellowstone National Park.
Competition (Biology) > Yellowstone National Park.
Predation (Biology) > Yellowstone National Park.
Wolves > Reintroduction > Yellowstone National Park.
Wolves > Ecology > Yellowstone National Park.
Puma > Ecology > Yellowstone National Park.
United States > Yellowstone National Park.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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