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Description: |
1 online resource (xviii, 317 pages) : illustrations, maps (some color) |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-309) and index. |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: Part 1: Cougar studies before and during wolf restoration. Introduction and background ; The northern Yellowstone landscape ; Quantifying how species compete or coexist -- Part 2: Food resources : cougar-wolf-prey relationships. Predation on the Greater Yellowstone Northern Range ; Prey selection by cougars and wolves ; Rates of predation ; Direct interactions at kills ; Combined influences : cougars, wolves, and humans -- Part 3: Landscape use : do cougars avoid wolves? How might cougars respond to wolves? ; Spatial responses of cougars to wolf presence ; Patterns of resource use prior to and during wolf restoration ; Synthesis : competition refuges and managing risks in a wolf-dominated system -- Part 4: Before and after wolf restoration : cougar population characteristics. How might wolf restoration affect the cougar population? ; Cougar population structure ; Reproduction and survival rates of cougars ; Dispersal and population change -- Part 5: Carnivores and humans : competition and coexistence. Synthesis : the niches of cougars and wolves ; Management and conservation of cougars : considering interspecific competition -- Appendixes: A. Kill evaluation and categorization chart ; B. Modeling factors influencing kill rates ; C. Fixed kernel home range estimation and smoothing ; D. Population-level estimates of selection coefficients ; E. Synoptic habitat variables description and details ; F. Odds ratios and probability ratios. |
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Summary, Etc. Note: |
Summary: "Examines the effect of wolf restoration on cougar population in Yellowstone National Park. No other study has addressed theoretical and practical aspects of competition between large carnivores. A thorough examination of cougar ecology, how they interact and [are] influenced by wolves, how this knowledge informs management and conservation."--Provided by publisher |
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Additional Physical Forms: |
Print version: ISBN 9781607328285 ISBN 1607328283 (DLC) 2018046163 (OCoLC)1056202554 |
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Name Added Entry: |
Buotte, Polly C., author. |