Mammals as Predators: The Proceedings of a Symposium held by The Zoological Society: The Proceedings of a Symposium Held by the Zoological Society of ... Society : London, 22nd and 23rd Novembe: 65 - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0198540671 ISBN 13: 9780198540670

Casa editrice: OUP Oxford, 1993

Riassunto

While human activities are accelerating the depletion and extinction of species, mammals, as predators, are becoming particularly at risk since many of their populations are already in decline as a result of loss of habitat, persecution as competitors, sport hunting, and exploitation for their fur.

This book examines whether recent advances in techniques and understanding can benefit our communal knowledge of these threatened and endangered species. Numerous case studies highlight the recent advances in the subject. Particular emphasis is placed upon the adaptations shown by predatory mammals, the tactics exhibited while hunting, and how the phenomenon of predation has led to conflicts between man and beast.

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Recensione

'there is a lot of very good stuff in Mammals as Predators ... I can recommend it.'Mammal News, Spring 1994

Contenuti

• 1: Legs and locomotion of Carnivora
• 2: Cranial and dental adaptations to predation in canids
• 3: The evolution of echolocation for predation
• 4: Carnivore life histories: a reanalysis in the light of new models
• 5: Ontogeny of hunting behaviour of otters in a marine environment
• 6: Tiger predatory behaviour, ecology, and conservation
• 7: Hunting success of lions in a semi-arid environment
• 8: Badger sociality: models of spatial grouping
• 9: Otter numbers and fish productivity in rivers in north-east Scotland
• 10: The effects of changes in prey availability on lion predation in a large natural ecosystem in northern Botswana
• 11: Urban foxes: food acquisition, time and energy budgeting of a generalized predator
• 12: Foraging strategies of shrews: interactions between small predators and their prey
• 13: Prey apportionement and related ecological relationships between large carnivores in Kruger National Park
• 14: Post-dispersal seed predation by small mammals
• 15: The problems of reintroducing carnivores
• 16: Paradigms for managing carnivores: the case of the sea otter
• 17: Social organization in martens: an inflexible system?
• 18: Snares, commuting hyaenas, and migratory herbivores: humans as predators in the Serengeti
• 19: Humans and big cats as predators in the Neotropics
• 20: Jaguar predation and conservation: cattle mortality caused by felines on three ranches in the Venezuelan Llanos
• 21: Management of Asiatic lions in the Gir forest, India
• 22: Home ranges of leopards and their impact on livestock on Kenyan ranches
• 23: The control of canid populations
• 24: Wild and domestic canids as reservoirs of American visceral leishmaniasis in Amazonia
• Index

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: OUP Oxford
• Data di pubblicazione: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0198540671
• ISBN 13: 9780198540670
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 512
• Redattore: Dunstone N., Gorman M. L.