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 investigationsworldwide. INDICE: Preface; PART I - Reviews; 1: David W. Macdonald, Andrew J. Loveridge, and Kristin Nowell: Dramatis personae : an introduction to the wild felids; 2: Lars Werdelin, Nobuyuki Yamaguchi, Warren E. Johnson, and Stephen J. O'Brien: Phylogeny and evolution of cats (Felidae); 3: Andrew C. Kitchener, Blaire Van Valkenburgh, and Nobuyuki Yamaguchi: Felid form and function; 4: Melanie Culver, Carlos Driscoll, Eduardo Eizirik, and G'oran Spong: Genetic applications in wild felids; 5: David W. Macdonald, Anna Mosser, and John L. Gittleman: Felid society; 6: Andrew J. Loveridge, Sonam W. Wang, Laurence G. Frank, and John Seidensticker: People and wild felids: conservation of cats and management of conflicts; 7: K. Ullas Karanth, Paul Funston, and Eric Sanderson: Manyways of skinning a cat: tools and techniques for studying wild felids; 8: David Wildt, William Swanson, Janine Brown, Alex Sliwa, and Astrid Vargas: Felidsex situ for managed programmes, research, and species recovery; 9: Linda Munson, Karen A. Terio, Marie-Pierre Ryser-Degiorgis, Emily Lane, and Franck Courchamp: Wild felid diseases: conservation implications and management strategies; PART II - Case Studies; 10: Meggan E. Craft: Ecology of infectious diseases in Serengeti lions; 11: Andrew J. Loveridge, Graham Hemson, Zeke Davidson, andDavid W. Macdonald: African lions on the edge: reserve boundaries as 'attractive sinks'; 12: John Seidensticker, Eric Dinerstein, Surendra P Goyal, Bhim Gurung, Abishek Harihar, A.J.T. Johnsingh, Anil Manandhar, Charles McDougal, Bivash Pandav, Mahendra Shrestha, J. L. David Smith, Melvin Sunquist, and Eric Wikramanayake: Tiger range collapse and recovery at the base of the Himalayas; 13: Dale G. Miquelle , John M. Goodrich, Evgeny N. Smirnov, Phillip A. Stephens, Olga Yu Zaumyslova, Guillame Chapron, Linda Kerley, Andre A. Murzin, MauriceG. Hornocker, and Howard B. Quigley: The Amur tiger: a case study of living on the edge; 14: Guy A. Balme, Luke T.B. Hunter, Pete Goodman, Hayden Ferguson,John Craigie, and Rob Slotow: An adaptive management approach to trophy hunting of leopards Panthera pardus : a case study from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa; 15: Laurie Marker, Amy Dickman, Gus Mills, and David Macdonald: Cheetahs andranchers in Namibia: a case study; 16: Sarah M. Durant, Amy J. Dickman, Tom Maddox, Margaret N. Waweru, Tim Caro, and Nathalie Pettorelli: Past, present and future of cheetahs in Tanzania: their behavioural ecology and conservation; 17: Sandra Cavalcanti, Silvio Marchini, Alexandra Zimmermann, Eric M. Gese, and David W. Macdonald: Jaguars, livestock and people in Brazil: realities and perceptions behind the conflict; 18: Scott C. Silver, Bart J. Harmsen, Linde E.T. Ostro, Rebecca J. Foster, and C. Patrick Doncaster: The ecology of jaguarsin the Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary, Belize; 19: Rodney Jackson, Charudutt Mishra, Thomas M. McCarthy, and Som B. Ale: Snow leopards, conflict, and conservation; 20: Tucker Murphy and Da
- ISBN: 978-0-19-923445-5
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
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- Fecha Publicación: 03/06/2010
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