Cougar : ecology and conservation
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 twen
1 online resource (xiv, 306 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps
9780226353470, 9780226353449, 9786612445620, 0226353478, 0226353443, 6612445629
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The Bitterroot tom / Maurice Hornocker
To save a mountain lion : evolving philosophy of nature and cougars / R. Bruce Gill
The emerging cougar chronicle / Harley Shaw
Lessons and insights from evolution, taxonomy, and conservation genetics / Melanie Culver
Cougar management in North America. United States / Charles R. Anderson Jr. and Frederick Lindzey. Canada / Kyle H. Knopff, Martin G. Jalkotzy, and Mark S. Boyce
Tracking for a living / Kerry Murphy
Cougar population dynamics / Howard Quigley and Maurice Hornocker
What we know about pumas in Latin America / John W. Laundré and Lucina Hernández
The world's southernmost pumas in Patagonia and the southern Andes / Susan Walker and Andrés Novaro
Notes from the field / Linda L. Sweanor
Behavior and social organization of a solitary carnivore / Kenneth A. Logan and Linda L. Sweanor
Diet and prey selection of a perfect predator / Kerry Murphy and Toni K. Ruth
Cougar-prey relationships / Toni K. Ruth and Kerry Murphy
Competition with other carnivores for prey / Toni K. Ruth and Kerry Murphy
Death of a towncat / Harley Shaw
A focal species for conservation planning / Paul Beier
Cougar-human interactions / Linda L. Sweanor and Kenneth A. Logan
People, politics, and cougar management / David J. Mattson and Susan G. Clark
Cougar conservation : the growing role of citizens and government / Sharon Negri and Howard Quigley
Pressing business / Maurice Hornocker