Mountain Goats : Ecology, Behavior, and Conservation of an Alpine Ungulate.
Title:
Mountain Goats : Ecology, Behavior, and Conservation of an Alpine Ungulate.
Author:
Festa-Bianchet, Marco.
ISBN:
9781597267731
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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.
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