The Biology and Conservation of Wild Felids

, by Macdonald, David; Loveridge, Andrew

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ISBN: 9780199234455 | 0199234450
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 7/22/2010

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The editors utilize their 50 years of combined experience in professional engagement with the behaviour and ecology of wild felids to draw together a unique network of the world's most respected and knowledgeable experts. For the first time, this inter-disciplinary research programme is brought together within a single volume.

Preface
Reviews
Dramatis personae: an introduction to the wild felids
Phylogeny and evolution of cats (Felidae)
Felid form and function
Genetic applications in wild felids
Felid society
People and wild felids: conservation of cats and management of conflicts
Many ways of skinning a cat: tools and techniques for studying wild felids
Felids ex situ for managed programmes
Wild felid diseases: conservation implications and management strategies
Case Studies
Ecology of infectious diseases in Serengeti lions
African lions on the edge: reserve boundaries as 'attractive sinks'
Tiger range collapse and recovery at the base of the Himalayas
The Amur tiger: a case study of living on the edge
An adaptive management approach to trophy hunting of leopards Panthera pardus: a case study from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Cheetahs and ranchers in Namibia: a case study
Past present and future of cheetahs in Tanzania: their behavioural ecology and conservation
Jaguars, livestock and people in Brazil: realities and perceptions behind the conflict
The ecology of jaguars in the Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary, Belize
Snow leopards, conflict, and conservation
Pumas and people: lessons in the landscape of tolerance from a widely distributed felid
Long term research on the Florida panther (Puma concolor coryi): historical findings and future obstacles to population persistence
Reversing cryptic extinction: the history, present and future of the Scottish wildcat
The changing impact of predation as a source of conflict between hunters and reintroduced lynx in Switzerland, Urs Breitenmoser
Iberian lynx: the uncertain future of a critically endangered cat
Cyclical dynamics and behaviour of Canada lynx in northern Canada
Black-footed cats (Felis nigripes) and African wild cats (Felis silvestris): a comparison of two small felids from South African arid lands
Ocelot ecology and its effect on the small-felid guild in the lowland Neotropics
Highland cats: ecology and conservation of the rare and elusive Andean cat
Conclusions
Felid Futures: crossing disciplines, borders, and generations
References
Index
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