Kalahari cheetahs : adaptations to an arid region / by M. G. L. Mills and M. E. J. Mills.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mills, M. G. L., author.

Mills, Margie, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cheetah--Behavior--Kalahari Desert.

Cheetah.

Cheetah--Adaptation--Kalahari Desert.

Cheetah--Ecology--Kalahari Desert.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.

Summary:

This is a detailed study of the cheetah in an arid environment, addressing topics such as optimal foraging theory, hunting strategies and predator prey relations, mating systems, reproductive strategies and success, inter-specific competition, demography, social organisation, and population limitation.

Contents:

1. Introduction

2. Morphometrics, demographics, and genetic viability

3. Diet

4. Prey selection and the impact of cheetah predation on prey populations

5. Twenty-four-hour activity patterns and distances moved

6. Hunting behaviour

7. Foraging success

8. Energetics

9. Coexistence and the cheetah's relations with other carnivores

10. Socio-spatial organization and spatial ecology

11. Breeding, cub survival, and female reproductive success

12. The mating system

13. Conservation issues around cheetahs

14. Epilogue

Appendices. Appendix 1. Common and scientific names of species mentioned in the text ; Appendix 2. Details of radio collaring ; Appendix 3. Customized CyberTracker template ; Appendix 4. Genetics methodology and analyses ; Appendix 5. Calculations of biomass eaten ; Appendix 6. Methods for measuring the abundance and dispersion of prey ; Appendix 7. Sex and ageing criteria for cheetah antelope prey.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

This edition previously issued in print: 2017.

ISBN:

0-19-178063-4

0-19-102011-7