F. Odds ratios and probablilty ratios. 1. Introduction and background ; 2. The northern Yellowstone landscape ; 3. Quantifying how species compete or coexist -- Part 2. Food resources : cougar-wolf-prey relationships. 4. Predation on the Greater Yellowstone Northern Range ; 5. Prey selection by cougars and wolves ; 6. Rates of predation ; 7. Direct interactions at kills ; 8. Combined influences : cougars, wolves, and humans -- Part 3. Landscape use : do cougars avoid wolves? 9. How might cougars respond to wolves? ; 10. Spatial responses of cougars to wolf presence ; 11. Patterns of resource use prior to and during wolf restoration ; 12. Synthesis : competition refuges and managing risks in a wolf-dominated system -- Part 4. Before and after wolf restoration : cougar population characteristics. 13. How might wolf restoration affect the cougar population? ; 14. Cougar population structure ; 15. Reproduction and survival rates of cougars ; 16. Dispersal and population change -- Part 5. Carnivores and humans : competition and coexistence. 17. Synthesis : the niches of cougars and wolves ; 18. Management and conservation of cougars : considering interspecific competition -- Appendixes. A. Kill evaluation and categorization chart ; B. Modeling factors influencing kill rates ; C. Fixed kernel home range estimation and smoothing ; D. Population-level estimates of selection coefficients ; E. Synoptic habitat variables description and details ; F. Odds ratios and probablilty ratios.
Summary:
"Examines the effect of wolf restoration on cougar population in Yellowstone National Park. No other study has addressed theoretical and practical aspects of competition between large carnivores. A thorough examination of cougar ecology, how they interact and [are] influenced by wolves, how this knowledge informs management and conservation"--Provided by publisher.
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