Carnivores : species, conservation, and management / / Federico I. Álvares and Guilherme E. Mata, editors

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910971107503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Nova Publishers, c2012
• ISBN: 1-62257-328-5
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (202 p.)
• Collana: Animal science, issues and professions
• Altri autori (Persone): ÁlvaresFederico I; MataGuilherme E
• Disciplina: 333.95/97
• Soggetti: Carnivora
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: In this book, the authors present current research in the conservation, species and management of carnivores. Topics discussed include the adaptation, impact and management of the raccoon dog in Europe; human perceptions of cougars in Canada and El Salvador; the impact on wildlife conservation of emerging protozoal tick-borne diseases of canids; mitigating conflict between humans and large carnivores in carnivore conservation; the management and conservation of wolves in the Iberian Peninsula; and factors affecting small and middle-sized carnivore occurrence and abundance in Mediterranean agricultural landscapes in Southern Portugal.