Proceedings of the Ninth Midwest Furbearer Workshop
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Page : 142 pages
File Size : 34,72 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Fur-bearing animals
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Page : 142 pages
File Size : 34,72 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Fur-bearing animals
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Author : Nova J. Silvy
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 1133 pages
File Size : 50,14 MB
Release : 2012-03-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 1421406977
Since its original publication in 1960, The Wildlife Techniques Manual has remained the cornerstone text for the professional wildlife biologist. Now fully revised and updated, this seventh edition promises to be the most comprehensive resource on wildlife biology, conservation, and management for years to come. Superbly edited by Nova J. Silvy, the thirty-seven authoritative chapters included in this work provide a full synthesis of methods used in the field and laboratory. Chapter authors, all leading wildlife professionals, explain and critique traditional and new methodologies and offer thorough discussions of a wide range of relevant topics, including: • experimental design • wildlife health and disease • capture techniques • population estimation • telemetry • vegetation analysis • conservation genetics • wildlife damage management • urban wildlife management • habitat conservation planning A standard text in a variety of courses, the Techniques Manual, as it is commonly called, covers every aspect of modern wildlife management and provides practical information for applying the hundreds of methods described in its pages. To effectively incorporate the explosion of new information in the wildlife profession, this latest edition is logically organized into a two-volume set: Volume 1 is devoted to research techniques and Volume 2 focuses on management methodologies. The Wildlife Techniques Manual is a resource that professionals and students in wildlife biology, conservation, and management simply cannot do without. Published in association with The Wildlife Society
Author : Glen C. Sanderson
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Page : 218 pages
File Size : 28,4 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Fur-bearing animals
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Author : United States. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
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Page : 848 pages
File Size : 36,78 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Pests
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Author : Animal Damage Control Program (U.S.)
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Page : 824 pages
File Size : 31,6 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Pests
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Author : Clait E. Braun
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Page : 1008 pages
File Size : 33,40 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Habitat conservation
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Author : Maurice Hornocker
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 24,29 MB
Release : 2009-12-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 0226353478
The cougar is one of the most beautiful, enigmatic, and majestic animals in the Americas. Eliciting reverence for its grace and independent nature, it also triggers fear when it comes into contact with people, pets, and livestock or competes for hunters’ game. Mystery, myth, and misunderstanding surround this remarkable creature. The cougar’s range once extended from northern Canada to the tip of South America, and from the Pacific to the Atlantic, making it the most widespread animal in the western hemisphere. But overhunting and loss of habitat vastly reduced cougar numbers by the early twentieth century across much of its historical range, and today the cougar faces numerous threats as burgeoning human development encroaches on its remaining habitat. When Maurice Hornocker began the first long-term study of cougars in the Idaho wilderness in 1964, little was known about this large cat. Its secretive nature and rarity in the landscape made it difficult to study. But his groundbreaking research yielded major insights and was the prelude to further research on this controversial species. The capstone to Hornocker’s long career studying big cats, Cougar is a powerful and practical resource for scientists, conservationists, and anyone with an interest in large carnivores. He and conservationist Sharon Negri bring together the diverse perspectives of twenty-two distinguished scientists to provide the fullest account of the cougar’s ecology, behavior, and genetics, its role as a top predator, and its conservation needs. This compilation of recent findings, stunning photographs, and firsthand accounts of field research unravels the mysteries of this magnificent animal and emphasizes its importance in healthy ecosystem processes and in our lives.
Author : John M. Swales
Publisher : University of Michigan Press ELT
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 29,56 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Foreign Language Study
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A Course for Nonnative Speakers of English. Genre-based approach. Includes units such as graphs and commenting on other data and research papers.
Author : International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies
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Page : 484 pages
File Size : 20,33 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Conservation of natural resources
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Author : Toni K. Ruth
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 34,54 MB
Release : 2019-09-23
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1607328283
Yellowstone Cougars examines the effect of wolf restoration on the cougar population in Yellowstone National Park—one of the largest national parks in the American West. No other study has ever specifically addressed the theoretical and practical aspects of competition between large carnivores in North America. The authors provide a thorough analysis of cougar ecology, how they interact with and are influenced by wolves—their main competitor—and how this knowledge informs management and conservation of both species across the West. Of practical importance, Yellowstone Cougars addresses the management and conservation of multiple carnivores in increasingly human-dominated landscapes. The authors move beyond a single-species approach to cougar management and conservation to one that considers multiple species, which was impossible to untangle before wolf reestablishment in the Yellowstone area provided biologists with this research opportunity. Yellowstone Cougars provides objective scientific data at the forefront of understanding cougars and large carnivore community structure and management issues in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, as well as in other areas where wolves and cougars are reestablishing. Intended for an audience of scientists, wildlife managers, conservationists, and academics, the book also sets a theoretical precedent for writing about competition between carnivorous mammals.