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Academic & Professional Books  Mammals  Insectivores to Ungulates  Carnivores  Carnivores: General

Carnivoran Ecology Evolution and Community Function

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By: Steven W Buskirk(Author)
267 pages, colour photos, colour & b/w illustrations
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This advanced textbook reviews our current state of knowledge of carnivoran ecology across all levels of biological organization.
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About this book

Carnivores are charismatic mammals, which include dogs, cats, hyenas, weasels, mongooses, seals, sea lions and bears, have always held special importance to humans throughout history and continue to do so today. In recent decades, the emergence of new technologies has completely transformed our knowledge of how carnivorans interact with their environments and consequently reshaped our view of carnivoran ecology.

This unique synthesis uses examples from a diverse and expanding carnivoran literature, drawing from all carnivoran families and spanning the world's oceans and continents, to produce a clearly written and richly illustrated book that reviews our current state of knowledge of carnivoran ecology. It addresses all levels of biological organization and function, from genes to enzymes, organisms, populations, and ecosystems. Special attention is given to how carnivoran species interact with their prey, each other, and humans. There is an emphasis on community interactions and their importance in carnivoran evolution, showing how evolutionary constraints (morphological, physiological, and behavioural) structure communities today. The book's approach is strongly comparative, contrasting herbivores with carnivores, predators with scavengers, and cats with dogs. Carnivorans play important roles in many high-profile conservation cases, either as species of concern or agents of endangerment, and their importance is demonstrated in both contexts.

Carnivoran Ecology is an accessible advanced textbook aimed principally at senior undergraduate and graduate students taking courses in carnivore ecology, as well as a broad audience of professional academics (especially carnivore and mammalian biologists), researchers, and practitioners working in both governmental and non-governmental organizations. A significant secondary market will exist amongst the large amateur naturalist community including those wishing to explore the ecological and evolutionary links between domestic carnivorans (dogs, cats, ferrets etc.) and their wild counterparts.

Contents

1. Introduction
2. Functional morphology
3. Evolution and historical biogeography
4. Physiological ecology
5. Sensory biology and neuroanatomy
6. Community ecology
7. Interactions with non-prey animals
8. Interactions with prey
9. Cascades
10. Population ecology
11. How carnivorans affect humans
12. How humans affect carnivorans

Appendix I. List of extant carnivoran species
Appendix II. List of non-carnivoran species mentioned

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Biography

Steven W. Buskirk is Professor Emeritus of Zoology and Physiology, University of Wyoming, USA, where he taught mammalogy, wildlife biology, conservation biology and community ecology. He has conducted or overseen studies of mammals for over 40 years (mostly carnivorans in North America, South America, and Asia) and has served various agencies and NGOs on panels, boards, and other initiatives aimed at carnivorans of conservation concern.

Textbook
By: Steven W Buskirk(Author)
267 pages, colour photos, colour & b/w illustrations
NHBS
This advanced textbook reviews our current state of knowledge of carnivoran ecology across all levels of biological organization.
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