Sexual Segregation in Ungulates : Ecology, Behavior, and Conservation

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This book is essential reading for scientists, science students, and those interested in the conservation and management of species, including wildlife professionals, hunters, outdoor enthusiasts, and naturalists.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Bowyer, R. Terry (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2022.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Ungulates > Behavior.
Spatial behavior in animals.
Sex discrimination.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Introduction and Overview
  • Historical Perspectives
  • Ungulate Characteristics and Relevant Aspects of Their Behavior, Ecology, and Conservation
  • Distribution, Habitats, and Body Size
  • Diets and Digestive Systems
  • Mating Systems
  • Life-History Characteristics, Population Dynamics, and Movements
  • Predator Pits, Apparent Competition, and Territorial Regulation of Populations
  • Effects on Plants, Animals, and Nutrient Cycling
  • Trophic Cascades
  • Cultural and Historical Relationships with Ungulates
  • Challenges Today and Future Unknowns
  • Sexual Segregation in Plants and Animals
  • 2. Differences between the Sexes
  • Definitions of Sexual Segregation
  • Sexual Differences in Morphology, Physiology, and Foraging Behavior
  • Sexual Dimorphism
  • Teeth Morphology and Diet
  • Gastrointestinal Characteristics and Related Physiology of Ruminants
  • The Role of Resources and Predation Risk in Gregariousness
  • Resources and Topography
  • Predation
  • 3. Temporospatial Patterns
  • Defining Social Groups
  • Attributes of Groups
  • Types of Social Groups
  • Temporal Patterns of Sexual Segregation and Aggregation
  • Spatial Patterns of Sexual Segregation
  • Patterns on the Landscape
  • Forage and Habitat Use, Selection, and Quality
  • Density Effects
  • 4. Detection and Measurement
  • Detecting Sexual Segregation
  • Measuring Sexual Segregation
  • Segregation Coefficients
  • Sexual Segregation and Aggregation Statistic
  • Tests of Ratios and Proportions
  • Multi-response Permutation Procedures
  • Information-Theoretic and Machine-Learning Approaches
  • Effects of Scale
  • Habitat Selection, Home Ranges, and Scale
  • A Synthetic Approach
  • 5. Failed Concepts
  • Setting Aside Rejected Hypotheses
  • Social Hypotheses
  • Ecological Hypotheses
  • Limiting Overutilization of Habitats
  • Problematical Speculations
  • Reproductive-Strategy Hypothesis
  • Forage-Selection Hypothesis
  • Proximate Causations
  • Avoiding More Speculation
  • 6. The Role of Social Behavior
  • Social Aggression and Sexual Affinities
  • Activity Patterns
  • A Case Study of Mule Deer
  • Criticisms of the Activity-Pattern Hypothesis
  • The Social-Constraints Hypothesis
  • 7. Ecological Aspects of Sexual Segregation
  • Competition Hypothesis
  • Gastrocentric Hypothesis
  • Niche-Partitioning Hypothesis
  • Predation-Risk Hypothesis
  • Multiple Causations and Tradeoffs
  • 8. Consequences of Sexual Segregation for Theory and Management
  • Paternal Investment and Sexual Selection
  • Population Dynamics
  • 9. Failing to Consider Sexual Segregation
  • Moose
  • North American Elk
  • White-Tailed Deer
  • Bighorn Sheep
  • 10. The Future
  • Defining Sexual Segregation
  • Why Is Sexual Segregation Overlooked?
  • Future Questions and Directions
  • Relevance to Other Organisms
  • Literature Cited
  • Index
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I

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