Carnivore Behavior, Ecology, and Evolution
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| Formato: | eBook |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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New York, NY :
Springer US : Imprint: Springer,
1989.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. 1989. |
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| Acceso en línea: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-4716-4 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.