Research Catalog

Title

Cougar : ecology and conservation / edited by Maurice Hornocker and Sharon Negri.

Publication

Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, c2010.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Negri, Sharon.
• Hornocker, Maurice G.

Description

xiv, 306 p. : ill. (some col.), maps; 29 cm.

Subjects

• Puma > Conservation
• Wildlife conservation
• Wildlife management

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references ([266]-298) and index.

Contents

The Bitterroot tom / Maurice Hornocker -- To save a mountain lion : evolving philosophy of nature and cougars / R. Bruce Gill -- The emerging cougar chronicle / Harley Shaw -- Lessons and insights from evolution, taxonomy, and conservation genetics / Melanie Culver -- Cougar management in North America. United States / Charles R. Anderson Jr. and Frederick Lindzey. Canada / Kyle H. Knopff, Martin G. Jalkotzy, and Mark S. Boyce -- Tracking for a living / Kerry Murphy -- Cougar population dynamics / Howard Quigley and Maurice Hornocker -- What we know about pumas in Latin America / John W. Laundré and Lucina Hernández -- The world's southernmost pumas in Patagonia and the southern Andes / Susan Walker and Andrés Novaro -- Notes from the field / Linda L. Sweanor -- Behavior and social organization of a solitary carnivore / Kenneth A. Logan and Linda L. Sweanor -- Diet and prey selection of a perfect predator / Kerry Murphy and Toni K. Ruth -- Cougar-prey relationships / Toni K. Ruth and Kerry Murphy -- Competition with other carnivores for prey / Toni K. Ruth and Kerry Murphy -- Death of a towncat / Harley Shaw -- A focal species for conservation planning / Paul Beier -- Cougar-human interactions / Linda L. Sweanor and Kenneth A. Logan -- People, politics, and cougar management / David J. Mattson and Susan G. Clark -- Cougar conservation : the growing role of citizens and government / Sharon Negri and Howard Quigley -- Pressing business / Maurice Hornocker.

Call Number

JSF 13-383

ISBN

• 0226353443 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 9780226353449 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN

2009010357

OCLC

317697778

Title

Cougar : ecology and conservation / edited by Maurice Hornocker and Sharon Negri.

Imprint

Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, c2010.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references ([266]-298) and index.

Added Author

Negri, Sharon.

Hornocker, Maurice G.

Research Call Number

JSF 13-383