
Carnivores : Species, Conservation, and Management.
Title:
Carnivores : Species, Conservation, and Management.
Author:
Álvares, Federico I.
ISBN:
9781622573288
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (202 pages)
Series:
Animal Science, Issues and Professions
Contents:
CARNIVORES: SPECIES, CONSERVATION, AND MANAGEMENT -- CARNIVORES: SPECIES, CONSERVATION, AND MANAGEMENT -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1: EMERGING PROTOZOAL TICK-BORNE DISEASES OF CANIDS(PIROPLASMOSIS AND HEPATOZOONOSIS):IMPACT ON WILDLIFE CONSERVATION -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. CANINE PIROPLASMIDS:MORPHOLOGY AND LIFE CYCLE -- 3. CANINE HEPATOZOONS: MORPHOLOGY AND LIFE CYCLE -- 4. PATHOLOGY CAUSED BY PIROPLASMIDS AND HEPATOZOONS IN CANIDS -- 5. ADVANCES IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF PIROPLASMIDS AND HEPATOZOONS IN CANIDS -- 5.1. Microscopy -- 5.2. Immunological Procedures -- 5.3. Molecular Methods -- 6. EPIZOOTIOLOGY OF PIROPLASMIDS AND HEPATOZOONS IN CANIDS WITH EMPHASISIN WILDLIFE -- 7. EVOLUTION AND PHYLOGENY OF PIROPLASMIDS AND HEPATOZOON SPECIES OF CANIDS -- 8. CONSERVATION MEDICINE AND CONTROL OF TICK-BORNE HEMATOZOANS OF WILD CANIDS -- Tick-Borne Hematozoans and Conservation Medicine -- Wild Canids and Parasite Control Issues -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2: THE RACCOON DOG(NYCTEREUTES PROCYONOIDES)IN THE COMMUNITY OF MEDIUM-SIZED CARNIVORES IN EUROPE:ITS ADAPTATIONS, IMPACT ON NATIVE FAUNA AND MANAGEMENT OF THE POPULATION -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. AN ADAPTABLE CARNIVORE -- 1.1. Omnivory and Diet Variation -- 1.2. Hibernation and Fat Reserves -- 1.3. High Reproductive Potential -- 1.4. Monogamy and Parental Care -- 1.5. Tendency to Wander -- 1.6. Genetic Variation -- 2. A VACANT NICHE? RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER MEDIUM-SIZED CARNIVORES -- 2.1. Habitat Use, Home Ranges and Densities -- 2.2. Shelter Use -- 2.3. Overlap of Food Niches between Medium-sized Carnivores -- 2.4. Changes in Abundance -- 2.5. A Vector of Diseases and Parasites -- 3. PREDATION ON NATIVE FAUNA -- 4. MANAGEMENT OF THE POPULATION -- 4.1. Expansion and Distribution -- 4.2. Mortality.
4.3. Hunting in Different Countries -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF HUMAN PERCEPTIONS OF COUGARS AND OTHER LARGE CARNIVORES IN CANADA AND EL SALVADOR -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- THE CASE OF THE COUGAR PUMA CONCOLORAND THE LARGER SYMPATRIC CARNIVORES -- THE COUGAR AND THE JAGUAR -- THE COUGAR AND THE BROWN BEAR -- THE COUGAR AND THE BLACK BEAR -- THE IMPORTANCE OF GENDER -- THE IMPORTANCE OF AGE -- COMPARISONS AND CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4: CARNIVORES, CONFLICT,AND CONSERVATION:DEFINING THE LANDSCAPE OF CONFLICT -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- ECOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO PREDICTING RISKOF CONFLICT -- Sociological Approaches to Predicting Risk of Conflict -- Defining the Landscape of Conflict -- STUDY AREA -- METHODS -- Habitat and Corridor Modeling -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5: MODELING DISJUNCT CARNIVORE DISTRIBUTIONS:THE CASE OF THE WOLF (CANIS LUPUS) IN THE IBERIAN PENINSULA -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODS -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 6: FACTORS AFFECTING SMALLAND MIDDLE-SIZED CARNIVORE OCCURRENCE AND ABUNDANCEIN MEDITERRANEAN AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES: CASE STUDIESIN SOUTHERN PORTUGAL -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- CASE STUDIES -- Forest Plantation Effects on Middle-Sized Carnivore Assemblages in an Open Arable Landscape: A Preliminary Approach -- Factors Influencing Carnivores' Distribution on a Montado Landscape -- Human, Ecological and Livestock Influences on Genet (Genetta Genetta) Distribution on Mediterranean Farmland -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.
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