Social Strategies of Carnivorous Mammalian Predators : Hunting and Surviving As Families / / Mridula Srinivasan and Bernd Würsig, editors

• Pubblicazione: Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer Nature Switzerland AG, , [2023]; ©2023
• Edizione: First edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (354 pages)
• Disciplina: 599.7156
• Soggetto topico: Carnivora - Behavior
• Persona (resp. second.): SrinivasanMridula; WürsigBernd
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Animals That Stay Together, Hunt Together -- References -- Chapter 2: Social Strategies of the African Lion -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.1.1 Unique Among Felids: A Broad Overview of Lion Social Structure -- 2.1.1.1 Prides -- 2.1.1.2 Coalitions -- 2.1.1.3 Egalitarianism -- 2.1.1.4 Fission-Fusion -- 2.2 Ultimate Drivers of Sociality: Patterns from the Serengeti Ecosystem -- 2.2.1 Resource Defense -- 2.2.1.1 Defense of Territories -- 2.2.1.2 Defense of Prides -- 2.2.2 Other Benefits of Group Formation -- 2.2.2.1 Obtaining Food -- 2.2.2.2 Reproduction: Crèche Formation, Cub Rearing, and Cub Defense -- 2.3 Proximate Drivers of Sociality -- 2.3.1 Plastic Variation in Sociality Across Africa -- 2.3.2 Intraspecific Competition -- 2.3.2.1 Pride Size and Structure -- 2.3.2.2 Territorial Defense and Breeding Subgroups -- 2.3.3 Interspecific Competition -- 2.3.4 Resource Availability -- 2.3.4.1 Pride Size and Structure -- 2.3.4.2 Hunting Subgroups -- 2.3.5 Habitat Structure and Complexity -- 2.3.5.1 Pride Size and Structure -- 2.3.5.2 Territorial Defense and Breeding Subgroups -- 2.3.5.3 Hunting Subgroups -- 2.4 Lion Sociality in Human-Dominated Landscapes -- 2.4.1 Inside vs. Outside Protected Areas -- 2.4.1.1 Trophy Hunting -- 2.4.1.2 Persecution -- 2.4.2 Living in Managed Wildlife Areas -- 2.5 Conclusions: Current Unknowns and Future Directions -- 2.5.1 Geographic Bias -- 2.5.2 Behaviors Maintaining Social Bonds -- 2.5.3 Consequences of Variation in Social Behavior -- 2.5.4 Future Directions -- References -- Chapter 3: The Role of Food and Mates in Shaping Asiatic Lion Societies -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.1.1 Origin, Distribution, and Status -- 3.1.2 Morphology -- 3.1.3 Habitat -- 3.1.4 Diet and Predation Ecology -- 3.2 Social Behavior: The Effect of Resources on Group-Living -- 3.2.1 Prides: Lion Queens. ; 3.2.1.1 Life History -- 3.2.1.2 Territoriality -- 3.2.2 Male Coalitions: Selfish Partners or Comrades in Arms? -- 3.2.2.1 Life History -- 3.2.2.2 Nomadism -- 3.2.2.3 Territoriality and Land-Tenure System -- 3.2.2.4 Despotism -- 3.2.2.5 Kin-Selection -- 3.2.2.6 Demographic Constraints on Coalition Formation -- 3.3 Male-Female Associations: Cooperation and Conflict Among the Sexes -- 3.3.1 Social Factors -- 3.3.2 Resource Factors -- 3.3.3 Proximity Between the Sexes and Roaring -- 3.4 Battle of the Sexes: Mating Strategies in Asiatic lions -- 3.4.1 Mating Interactions -- 3.4.2 Mating Networks -- 3.4.3 Female Promiscuity as an Insurance Against Infanticide -- 3.4.4 Female Reproductive Parameters -- 3.5 Drivers of Sociality -- 3.6 Conclusions and Future Research -- References -- Chapter 4: Wolves in a Human World: Social Dynamics of the Northern Hemisphere´s Most Iconic Social Carnivore -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 The Social Unit: An Overview -- 4.3 The Advantages and Disadvantages of Group Living -- 4.4 Wolf Foraging Behavior: What We Know and What We Don´t Know -- 4.4.1 Wolf Diet -- 4.4.2 Prey Selection -- 4.4.3 Scavenging and Scavengers -- 4.4.4 Predator vs. Prey -- 4.4.5 Coordination or Cooperation? -- 4.5 Wolf Hunting Tactics -- 4.5.1 Using the Landscape -- 4.5.2 The Young, the Old, and the Weak -- 4.5.3 Move, Chase, Subdue -- 4.5.4 Ambush, Chase, Subdue -- 4.5.5 Prey Size Matters -- 4.5.6 Shell Games -- 4.6 The Social Unit and Foraging: A Dynamic Adaptation -- 4.6.1 Hunting Success -- 4.6.2 Social Learning -- 4.7 Humans and Wolf Ecology and Social Dynamics -- 4.7.1 Wolves in Human-Modified Landscapes -- 4.7.2 Wolves and Human-Induced Mortality -- 4.7.3 Pack Complexity and Population Age Structure -- 4.7.4 Sex-Specific Dispersal -- 4.7.5 Comparing Systems -- 4.8 Conclusions -- References. ; Chapter 5: Hunting Success in the Spotted Hyena: Morphological Adaptations and Behavioral Strategies -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Morphological and Behavioral Adaptations for Efficient Hunting -- 5.3 Female-Dominated Societies Structured by Fission-Fusion Dynamics -- 5.4 Effects of Social Rank and Age on Hunting and Feeding Success -- 5.5 Social Coordination and Cognitive Demands of Hunting -- 5.6 Cooperative Hunting Improves Hunting Success -- 5.7 Feeding Competition Limits Social Cohesion -- 5.8 Conservation Implications of Behavioral Flexibility While Foraging -- References -- Chapter 6: Hunting Behavior and Social Ecology of African Wild Dogs -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 The Most Social Canid? -- 6.3 Hunting Success -- 6.4 Social Dynamics Between Packs -- 6.4.1 Acquiring and Defending a Territory -- 6.5 Social Dynamics Within Packs -- 6.5.1 Acquiring and Retaining Food -- 6.5.1.1 Hunting Behaviors and Strategies -- 6.6 Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Hunting -- 6.7 African Wild Dogs in the Anthropocene -- 6.7.1 Hunting in Human-Dominated Landscapes -- 6.7.2 Potential Impacts of Changing Climates and Land Use -- 6.7.3 Intensive Population Management -- 6.8 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 7: Social Strategies of a Consummate Marine Predator: Mammal-Hunting Killer Whales -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Anatomy of a Hunt -- 7.2.1 Physiological Demands -- 7.2.2 The Social Unit -- 7.2.3 Hunting Strategy -- 7.2.3.1 Prey Searching -- 7.2.3.2 Prey Handling and Attack -- Great Whales: Baleen Whales and Sperm Whales -- Select Prey -- Chase -- Ram, Suffocate, Drown -- Pinnipeds: Seals, Sea Lions, and Walrus -- Prowl, Hide, and Capture -- Dolphins, Porpoises, and Other Cetaceans -- Stealth, Stamina, Speed, Corralling -- 7.2.3.3 Prey Consumption -- 7.3 Prey Response -- 7.4 Group Sizes and Hunting Success -- 7.5 Hunting Through Social Learning -- 7.6 Conclusions. ; References -- Chapter 8: Mammal Hunting Killer Whales off Monterey, California: A 30-Year Synthesis -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.1.1 Marine Mammal Predation Events: Monterey Bay, California -- 8.2 Survey Methods and Data Collection -- 8.2.1 Naming System -- 8.3 Social Dynamics -- 8.3.1 Seasonal Occurrence and Inter-Group Interactions -- 8.4 Movement Patterns -- 8.4.1 Short-Term Movements inside Monterey Bay -- 8.5 Overview of Hunting Strategies, Group Sizes, and Hunting Success -- 8.5.1 Hunting Strategies Pass from Matriarchs to Offspring: Killer Whale Culture -- 8.5.2 Pinniped Hunting Strategy -- 8.5.3 Dolphin and Porpoise Hunting Strategy -- 8.5.4 Gray Whale Hunting Strategy -- 8.5.5 Gray Whale Feeding Event: Prey Consumption -- 8.5.6 Humpback Whale Interference -- 8.6 Threats to the Population and Contaminant Levels in Bigg´s Killer Whales -- 8.6.1 Climate Change -- 8.6.2 Contaminants -- 8.7 Future Research and Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 9: Sociality and its Relevance in Group Hunting Mammalian Predators -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.1.1 Social Dynamics -- 9.1.2 Hunting Strategies and Group Sizes -- 9.1.3 Territoriality -- 9.1.4 Adapting to Human Dominated Landscapes -- 9.2 Concluding Thoughts -- References -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: The book offers a comparative look at the social strategies of five carnivorous social predators (four terrestrial and one marine) that make them successful hunting units. The focus is on mammalian predators hunting (largely) mammalian prey. Each chapter (with separate authors) devoted to a particular species, explores the versatile hunting techniques and social dynamics of these top predators as they attempt to survive, defend, and reproduce in challenging habitats. Each chapter also delves into how the social fabric and ecology of each species influence their ability to deal with natural and man-made threats and shifting baselines.
• Titolo autorizzato: Social Strategies of Carnivorous Mammalian Predators
• ISBN: 3-031-29803-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910746293003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Fascinating life sciences.