Biology and conservation of wild felids /
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| Imprint: | Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2010. |
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| Description: | xix, 762 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Oxford biology Oxford biology. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8124888 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Part I. - Reviews
- 1. Dramatis personae: an introduction to the wild felids
- 2. Phylogeny and evolution of cats (Felidae)
- 3. Felid form and function
- 4. Genetic applications in wild felids
- 5. Felid society
- 6. People and wild felids: conservation of cats and management of conflicts
- 7. Many ways of skinning a cat: tools and techniques for studying wild felids
- 8. Felids ex situ for managed programmes, research, and species recovery
- 9. Wild felid diseases: conservation implications and management strategies
- Part II. - Case Studies
- 10. Ecology of infectious diseases in Serengeti lions
- 11. African lions on the edge: reserve boundaries as 'attractive sinks'
- 12. Tiger range collapse and recovery at the base of the Himalayas
- 13. The Amur tiger: a case study of living on the edge
- 14. An adaptive management approach to trophy hunting of leopards Panthera pardus: a case study from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- 15. Cheetahs and ranchers in Namibia: a case study
- 16. Past, present and future of cheetahs in Tanzania: their behavioural ecology and conservation
- 17. Jaguars, livestock and people in Brazil: realities and perceptions behind the conflict
- 18. The ecology of jaguars in the Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary
- 19. Snow leopards, conflict, and conservation
- 20. Pumas and people: lessons in the landscape of tolerance from a widely distributed felid
- 21. Long term research on the Florida panther (Puma concolor coryi): historical findings and future obstacles to population persistence
- 22. Reversing cryptic extinction: the history, present and future of the Scottish wildcat
- 23. The changing impact of predation as a source of conflict between hunters and reintroduced lynx in Switzerland, Urs Breitenmoser
- 24. Iberian lynx: the uncertain future of a critically endangered cat
- 25. Cyclical dynamics and behaviour of Canada lynx in northern Canada
- 26. Black-footed cats (Felis nigripes) and African wild cats (Felis silvestris): a comparison of two small felids from South African arid lands
- 27. Ocelot ecology and its effect on the small-felid guild in the lowland Neotropics
- 28. Highland cats: ecology and conservation of the rare and elusive Andean cat
- Part III. - Conclusions
- 29. Felid Futures: crossing disciplines, borders, and generations
- References
- Index
