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Description: |
2 volumes : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: [v. 2.] Introduction : Carnivores and conservation biology / George B. Schaller -- pt. 1. Behavior. Ethics and the study of carnivores : doing science while respecting animals / Marc Bekoff and Dale Jamieson -- Behavioral endocrinology and social organization in dwarf mongooses / Scott Creel -- Female masculinization in the spotted hyena : endocrinology, behavioral ecology, and evolution / Laurence G. Frank -- The adaptive significance of color patterns in carnivores : phylogenetic tests of classic hypotheses / Alessia Ortolani and T.M. Caro -- Sympatry in Canids : a review and assessment / Warren E. Johnson, Todd K. Fuller, and William L. Franklin -- pt. 2. Ecology. Methodological advances in capture, census, and food-habits studies of large African carnivores / M.G.L. Mills -- Patterns of size separation in carnivore communities / Tamara Dayan and Daniel Simberloff -- Patterns and consequences of dispersal in gregarious carnivores / Peter M. Waser -- Carnivore reintroductions : an interdisciplinary examination / Richard P. Reading and Tim W. Clark -- Human/carnivor interactions : conservation and management implications from China / Kenneth G. Johnson [and others] -- pt. 3. Evolution. Competitors, companions, status symbols, or pests : a review of human associations with other carnivores / Juliet Clutton-Brock -- Design for killing : craniodental adaptations of predators / Audrone R. Biknevicius and Blaire Van Valkenburgh -- Genetic relatedness among individuals within carnivore societies / Matthew E. Gompper and Robert K. Wayne -- Demographic and historical effects on genetic variation of carnivores / Robert K. Wayne and Klaus-Peter Koepfli -- Biogeography of the order Carnivora / Robert M. Hunt, Jr. -- Carnivoran phylogeny and rates of evolution : morphological, taxic, and molecular / John J. Flynn -- Carnivoran ecomorphology : a phylogenetic perspective / Lars Werdelin. |
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Contents: [v.1.] An introduction to the Carnivora / John F. Eisenberg -- pt. 1. Behavior. Acoustic communication by fissiped carnivores / Gustav Peters and W. Chris Wozencraft -- The role of odor in the social lives of carnivores / Martyn L. Gorman and Beverley J. Trowbridge -- Behavioral development of terrestrial carnivores / Marc Bekoff -- The comparative behavioral ecology of hyenas : the importance of diet and food dispersion / M.G.L. Mills -- Intraspecific variation in canid social systems / Patricia D. Moehlman -- The mating tactics and spacing patterns of solitary carnivores / Mikael Sandell -- Carnivore group living : comparative trends / John L. Gittleman -- pt. 2. Ecology. The feeding ecology of giant pandas and Asiatic black bears in the Tangjiahe Reserve, China / George B. Schaller [and others] -- Adaptations for aquatic living by carnivores / James A. Estes -- Ecological constraints on predation by large felids / Mel E. Sunquist and Fiona C. Sunquist -- The advantages and disadvantages of small size to weasels, Mustela species / Carolyn M. King -- Basal rate of metabolism, body size, and food habits in the order Carnivora / Brian K. McNab --Patterns of energy output during reproduction in carnivores / Olav T. Oftedal and John L. Gittleman -- pt. 3. Evolution. Locomotor adaptations by carnivores / Mark E. Taylor -- Carnivore dental adaptations and diet : a study of trophic diversity within guilds / Blaire Van Valkenburgh -- The physiology and evolution of delayed implantation in carnivores / Rodney A. Mead -- Molecular and biochemical evolution of the Carnivora / Robert K. Wayne [and others] -- The phylogeny of the recent Carnivora / W. Chris Wozencraft -- Fossil history of the terrestrial Carnivora / Larry D. Martin -- Appendix: Classification of the recent Carnivora / W. Chris Wozencraft. |
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Additional Physical Forms: |
Online version: Carnivore behavior, ecology, and evolution. Ithaca : Comstock Pub. Associates, 1989-1996 (OCoLC)645672198 |
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Series Added Entry: |
Comstock/Cornell paperbacks. |