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Description: |
xii, 429 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references. |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: A model ecosystem for carnivores in Greater Yellowstone / Tim W. Clark, Steven C. Minta, A. Peyton Curlee [and others] -- Greater Yellowstone carnivores: a history of changing attitudes / Paul Schullery, Lee H. Whittlesey -- Yellowstone bears / Richard R. Knight, Bonnie M. Blanchard, Paul Schullery -- The ecology of anthropogenic influences on cougars / Kerry M. Murphy, P. Ian Ross, Maurice G. Hornocker -- Wolves in the Greater Yellowstone ecosystem: restoration of a top carnivore in a complex management environment / Douglas W. Smith, Wayne G. Brewster, Edward E. Bangs -- Coyotes and canid coexistence in Yellowstone / Robert L. Crabtree, Jennifer W. Sheldon -- Mesocarnivores of Yellowstone / Steven W. Buskirk -- Predicting the effects of wildfire and carnivore predation on ungulates / Francis J. Singer, John A. Mack -- Small prey of carnivores in the Greater Yellowstone ecosystem / Kurt A. Johnson, Robert L. Crabtree -- Evaluating the role of carnivores in the Greater Yellowstone ecosystem / Mark S. Boyce, Eric M. Anderson -- Genetic consideration for carnivore conservation in the Greater Yellowstone ecosystem / F. Lance Craighead, Michael E. Gilpin, Ernest R. Vyse -- Carnivore research and conservation: learning from history and theory / Steven C. Minta, Peter M. Kareiva, A. Peyton Curlee. |
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Summary, Etc. Note: |
Review: "Large carnivores - such as the gray wolf and grizzly bear - are in danger of extinction; saving them is one of the most difficult challenges facing conservation biologists worldwide. Other carnivores - such as the mountain lion, wolverine, and lynx - are in need of special management. This valuable book examines the current status, management, and conservation of carnivores in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, where these animals have not only been researched for almost forty years but have also been affected by pressures from growing human uses."--Jacket. |