Mountain Goats : Ecology, Behavior, and Conservation of an Alpine Ungulate.
by
 
Festa-Bianchet, Marco.

Title
Mountain Goats : Ecology, Behavior, and Conservation of an Alpine Ungulate.

Author
Festa-Bianchet, Marco.

ISBN
9781597267731

Personal Author
Festa-Bianchet, Marco.

Physical Description
1 online resource (280 pages)

Contents
Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1: Ecological Questions, Conservation Challenges, and Long-Term Research -- 2: The Study Area and the Goat Population -- 3: Caw Ridge Study Methods and Limitations -- 4: Home Ranges, Forage Availability, and Habitat Use -- 5: Social Organization -- 6: Body and Horn Growth -- 7: Individual Variability in Yearly and Lifetime Reproductive Success and Females -- 8: Female Reproductive Strategy -- 9: Survival and Dispersal -- 10: Density-Dependence and the Question of Population Regulation -- 11: Female Reproductive Strategy and Ungulate Population Dynamics -- 12: Management and Conservation of Mountain Goats -- 13: Long-Term Monitoring of Marked Individuals and Advances in Ecology and Conservation -- Appendix -- Literature Cited -- Index.

Abstract
This book offers the first comprehensive assessment of the ecology and behavior of mountain goats, setting forth the results of a remarkable 16-year longitudinal study of more than 300 marked individuals in a population in Alberta, Canada. The authors' thorough, long-term study allowed them to draw important conclusions about mountain goat ecology-including individual reproductive strategies, population dynamics, and sensitivity to human disturbance-and to use those conclusions in offering guidance for developing effective conservation strategies.

Local Note
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

Subject Term
Mountain goat.

Genre
Electronic books.

Added Author
Côté, Steeve D.

Electronic Access
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