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Title:

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

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

xix, 762 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Felidae.
Felidae--Conservation.
Felidae--Conservation--Case studies.
Wildlife conservation.
Conservation biology.

Other Authors:

Macdonald, David W. (David Whyte)
Loveridge, Andrew J.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [651]-738) and index.

Contents:

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 : managed programmes, research, and species recovery -- Wild felid diseases : conservation implications and management strategies -- 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 -- 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 -- Felid futures : crossing disciplines, borders, and generations.

Series:

Oxford biology

ISBN:

0199234450 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
9780199234455 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
0199234442 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
9780199234448 (hbk. : acid-free paper)

LCCN:

2010924763

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)