LEADER 04385nam 2200613 450 001 9910809952303321 005 20230803203658.0 010 $a1-118-88402-7 010 $a1-118-88405-1 010 $a1-118-88403-5 035 $a(CKB)3710000000198553 035 $a(EBL)1742829 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001261864 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11790462 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001261864 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11206070 035 $a(PQKB)11664161 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1742829 035 $a(DLC) 2014016590 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1742829 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10895751 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL629157 035 $a(OCoLC)884016345 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000198553 100 $a20140801h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFree-ranging cats $ebehavior, ecology, and management /$fStephen Spotte 210 1$aChichester, [England] :$cWiley Blackwell,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (319 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-306-97906-4 311 $a1-118-88401-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations and symbols; About the companion website; Chapter 1 Dominance; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Dominance defined; 1.3 Dominance status and dominance hierarchies; 1.4 Dominance-submissive behavior; 1.5 Dominance in free-ranging cats; Chapter 2 Space; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Space defined; 2.3 Diel activity; 2.4 Dispersal; 2.5 Inbreeding avoidance; 2.6 Home-range boundaries; 2.7 Determinants of home-range size; 2.8 Habitat selection; 2.9 Scent-marking; Chapter 3 Interaction; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 The asocial domestic cat 327 $a3.3 Solitary or social?3.4 Cooperative or not?; 3.5 The kinship dilemma; 3.6 What it takes to be social; Chapter 4 Reproduction; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Female reproductive biology; 4.3 Male reproductive biology; 4.4 The cat mating system: promiscuity or polygyny?; 4.5 Female mating behavior; 4.6 Male mating behavior; 4.7 Female choice; Chapter 5 Development; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Intrauterine development; 5.3 Dens; 5.4 Parturition; 5.5 Early maturation; 5.6 Nursing; 5.7 Weaning; 5.8 Survival; 5.9 Effect of early weaning and separation; 5.10 Early predatory behavior 327 $aChapter 6 Emulative learning and play6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Emulative learning; 6.3 Play; 6.4 Ontogenesis of play; 6.5 What is play?; Chapter 7 Nutrition; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Proximate composition; 7.3 Proteins; 7.4 Fats; 7.5 Carbohydrates; 7.6 Fiber; 7.7 Vitamins; Chapter 8 Water balance and energy; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Water balance; 8.3 Energy; 8.4 Energy needs of free-ranging cats; 8.5 Energy costs of pregnancy and lactation; 8.6 Obesity; Chapter 9 Foraging; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Cats as predators; 9.3 Scavenging; 9.4 When cats hunt; 9.5 Food intake of feral cats 327 $a9.6 How cats detect prey9.7 How cats hunt; 9.8 What cats hunt; 9.9 Prey selection; 9.10 The motivation to hunt; Chapter 10 Management; 10.1 Introduction; 10.2 Effect of free-ranging cats on wildlife; 10.3 Trap-neuter-release (TNR); 10.4 Biological control; 10.5 Poisoning and other eradication methods; 10.6 Integrated control; 10.7 Preparation for eradication programs; 10.8 "Secondary" prey management; References; Index; EULA 330 $aFeral and stray domestic cats occupy many different habitats. They can resist dehydration for months by relying exclusively on the tissue water of their prey allowing them to colonize remote deserts and other inhospitableplaces. They thrive and reproduce in humid equatorial rainforests and windswept subantarctic islands. In many areas of the world feral cats have driven some species of birds and mammals to extinction and others to the edge, becoming a huge conservation concern. With the control of feral and stray cats now a top conservation priority, biologists are intensifying effort 606 $aFeral cats 615 0$aFeral cats. 676 $a636.8 700 $aSpotte$b Stephen$01595782 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910809952303321 996 $aFree-ranging cats$93916869 997 $aUNINA