Title Biology and conservation of wild felids / edited by David W. Macdonald and Andrew J. Loveridge

Published Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 762 pages) : illustrations, maps Series Oxford biology Oxford biology. Contents 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 Summary 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 Analysis katten cats felidae wildbescherming wildlife conservation wildbeheer wildlife management bedreigde soorten endangered species diergedrag animal behaviour dierecologie animal ecology dierfysiologie animal physiology zoogeography zoology evolutie evolution human-animal relationships dierenbescherming animal protection diergenetica animal genetics Wildlife Conservation and Management Mammalia Wildbescherming en -beheer Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 651-738) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Print version record Subject Felidae. Felidae -- Conservation Felidae -- Conservation -- Case studies Wildlife conservation. Conservation biology. Felidae NATURE -- Animals -- Big Cats. Conservation biology Felidae Wildlife conservation Katzen. Katzen -- Schutz. Katzen -- Ökologie. Genre/Form Case studies Case studies. Études de cas. Form Electronic book Author Macdonald, David W. (David Whyte) Loveridge, Andrew J. ISBN 9780191574146 0191574147 1282730673 9781282730670 9786612730672 6612730676

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