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Yellowstone Cougars Ecology before and during Wolf Restoration / by Toni K. Ruth, Polly C. Buotte, and Maurice G. Hornocker.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ruth, Toni K. (Toni Karen), 1963- author.
- Hornocker, Maurice G., author.
- Buotte, Polly C., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wildlife management--Yellowstone National Park.
- Wildlife management.
- Competition (Biology)--Yellowstone National Park.
- Competition (Biology).
- Predation (Biology)--Yellowstone National Park.
- Predation (Biology).
- Wolves--Reintroduction--Yellowstone National Park.
- Wolves.
- Wolves--Ecology--Yellowstone National Park.
- Puma--Ecology--Yellowstone National Park.
- Puma.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (336 pages)
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2019
- Place of Publication:
- Boulder : University Press of Colorado, [2019]
- Summary:
- "Examines the effect of wolf restoration on cougar population in Yellowstone National Park. No other study has addressed theoretical and practical aspects of competition between large carnivores. A thorough examination of cougar ecology, how they interact and [are] influenced by wolves, how this knowledge informs management and conservation"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The northern Yellowstone landscape
- Quantifying how species compete or coexist
- Predation on the Greater Yellowstone Northern Range
- Prey selection by cougars and wolves
- Rates of predation
- Direct interactions at kills
- Combined influences : cougars, wolves, and humans
- How might cougars respond to wolves?
- Spatial responses of cougars to wolf presence
- Patterns of resource use prior to and during wolf restoration
- Synthesis : competition refuges and managing risks in a wolf-dominated system
- Before and after wolf restoration : cougar population characteristics. How might wolf restoration affect the cougar population?
- Cougar population structure
- Reproduction and survival rates of cougars
- Dispersal and population change
- Synthesis : the niches of cougars and wolves
- Management and conservation of cougars : considering interspecific competition.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781607328292
- 1607328291
- OCLC:
- 1121133628
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