Carnivore Behavior, Ecology, and Evolution - Gittleman, John L.; SpringerLink (Online service) (New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1989)
An Introduction to the Carnivora -- I Behavior -- 1 Acoustic Communication by Fissiped Carnivores -- 2 The Role of Odor in the Social Lives of Carnivores -- 3 Behavioral Development of Terrestrial Carnivores -- 4 The Comparative Behavioral Ecology of Hyenas: The Importance of Diet and Food Dispersion -- 5 Intraspecific Variation in Canid Social Systems -- 6 The Mating Tactics and Spacing Patterns of Solitary Carnivores -- 7 Carnivore Group Living: Comparative Trends -- II Ecology -- 8 The Feeding Ecology of Giant Pandas and Asiatic Black Bears in the Tangjiahe Reserve, China -- 9 Adaptations for Aquatic Living by Carnivores -- 10 Ecological Constraints on Predation by Large Felids -- 11 The Advantages and Disadvantages of Small Size to Weasels, Mustela Species -- 12 Basal Rate of Metabolism, Body Size, and Food Habits in the Order Carnivora -- 13 Patterns of Energy Output during Reproduction in Carnivores -- III Evolution -- 14 Locomotor Adaptations by Carnivores -- 15 Carnivore Dental Adaptations and Diet: A Study of Trophic Diversity within Guilds -- 16 The Physiology and Evolution of Delayed Implantation in Carnivores -- 17 Molecular and Biochemical Evolution of the Carnivora -- 18 The Phylogeny of the Recent Carnivora -- 19 Fossil History of the Terrestrial Carnivora -- Appendix: Classification of the Recent Carnivora -- W. Chris Wozencraft -- Species and Subject Index.
Keywords: Ecology .; Ecology; Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary