Biology and conservation of wild felids

Oxford University Press

2010

xix, 762 p.

Oxford biology

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

9780199234455

PART I -Reviews 1. Dramatis personae : an introduction to the wild felids, David W. Macdonald, Andrew J. Loveridge, and Kristin Nowell 2. Phylogeny and evolution of cats (Felidae), Lars Werdelin, Nobuyuki Yamaguchi, Warren E. Johnson, and Stephen J. O'Brien 3. Felid form and function, Andrew C. Kitchener, Blaire Van Valkenburgh, and Nobuyuki Yamaguchi 4. Genetic applications in wild felids, Melanie Culver, Carlos Driscoll, Eduardo Eizirik, and Göran Spong 5. Felid society, David W. Macdonald, Anna Mosser, and John L. Gittleman 6. People and wild felids: conservation of cats and management of conflicts, Andrew J. Loveridge, Sonam W. Wang, Laurence G. Frank, and John Seidensticker 7. Many ways of skinning a cat: tools and techniques for studying wild felids, K. Ullas Karanth, Paul Funston, and Eric Sanderson 8. Felids ex situ for managed programmes, research, and species recovery, David Wildt, William Swanson, Janine Brown, Alex Sliwa, and Astrid Vargas 9. Wild felid diseases: conservation implications and management strategies, Linda Munson, Karen A. Terio, Marie-Pierre Ryser-Degiorgis, Emily Lane, and Franck Courchamp PART II -Case Studies 10. Ecology of infectious diseases in Serengeti lions, Meggan E. Craft 11. African lions on the edge: reserve boundaries as 'attractive sinks', Andrew J. Loveridge, Graham Hemson, Zeke Davidson, and David W. Macdonald 12. Tiger range collapse and recovery at the base of the Himalayas, 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 13. The Amur tiger: a case study of living on the edge, Dale G. Miquelle, John M. Goodrich, Evgeny N. Smirnov, Phillip A. Stephens, Olga Yu Zaumyslova, Guillame Chapron, Linda Kerley, Andre A. Murzin, Maurice G. Hornocker, and Howard B. Quigley 14. An adaptive management approach to trophy hunting of leopards Panthera pardus : a case study from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Guy A. Balme, Luke T.B. Hunter, Pete Goodman, Hayden Ferguson, John Craigie, and Rob Slotow 15. Cheetahs and ranchers in Namibia: a case study, Laurie Marker, Amy Dickman, Gus Mills, and David Macdonald 16. Past, present and future of cheetahs in Tanzania: their behavioural ecology and conservation, Sarah M. Durant, Amy J. Dickman, Tom Maddox, Margaret N. Waweru, Tim Caro, and Nathalie Pettorelli 17. Jaguars, livestock and people in Brazil: realities and perceptions behind the conflict, Sandra Cavalcanti, Silvio Marchini, Alexandra Zimmermann, Eric M. Gese, and David W. Macdonald 18. The ecology of jaguars in the Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary, Belize, Scott C. Silver, Bart J. Harmsen, Linde E.T. Ostro, Rebecca J. Foster, and C. Patrick Doncaster 19. Snow leopards, conflict, and conservation, Rodney Jackson, Charudutt Mishra, Thomas M. McCarthy, and Som B. Ale 20. Pumas and people: lessons in the landscape of tolerance from a widely distributed felid, Tucker Murphy and David W. Macdonald 21. Long term research on the Florida panther (Puma concolor coryi): historical findings and future obstacles to population persistence, Dave Onorato, Chris Belden, Mark Cunningham, Darrell Land, Roy McBride, and Melody Roelke 22. Reversing cryptic extinction: the history, present and future of the Scottish wildcat, David W. Macdonald, Nobuyuki Yamaguchi, Andrew C. Kitchener, Mike Daniels, Kerry Kilshaw, and Carlos Driscoll 23. The changing impact of predation as a source of conflict between hunters and reintroduced lynx in Switzerland, Urs Breitenmoser, Andreas Ryser, Anja Molinari-Jobin, Fridolin Zimmermann, Heinrich Haller, Paolo Molinari, and Christine Breitenmoser-Würsten 24. Iberian lynx: the uncertain future of a critically endangered cat, Pablo Ferreras, Alejandro Rodríguez, Francisco Palomares, and Miguel Delibes 25. Cyclical dynamics and behaviour of Canada lynx in northern Canada, Mark O'Donoghue, Brian G. Slough, Kim G. Poole, Stan Boutin, Elizabeth J. Hofer, Garth Mowat, and Charles J. Krebs 26. Black-footed cats (Felis nigripes) and African wild cats (Felis silvestris): a comparison of two small felids from South African arid lands, Alexander Sliwa, Marna Herbst, and Gus Mills 27. Ocelot ecology and its effect on the small-felid guild in the lowland Neotropics, Tadeu G. de Oliveira, Marcos A. Tortato, Leandro Silveira, Carlos Benhur Kasper, Fábio D. Mazim, Mauro Lucherini, Anah T. Jácomo, José B.G. Soares, Rosane V. Marques, and Mel Sunquist 28. Highland cats: ecology and conservation of the rare and elusive Andean cat, Jorgelina Marino, Mauro Lucherini, Lilian Villalba, Magdalena Bennett, Daniel Cossíos, Agustín Iriarte, Pablo Perovic, and Claudio Sillero-Zubiri PART III -Conclusions 29. Felid Futures: crossing disciplines, borders, and generations, David W. Macdonald, Andrew J. Loveridge, and Alan Rabinowitz

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