Carnivores in Ecosystems : The Yellowstone Experience,9780300078169

Carnivores in Ecosystems : The Yellowstone Experience

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ISBN13: 9780300078169
ISBN10: 0300078161
Format: Trade Book
Pub. Date: 1999-11-10
Publisher(s): Yale University Press
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Summary

Large carnivores -- such as the gray wolf and grizzly bear -- are in danger of extinction; saving them is one of the most difficult challenges facing conservation biologists worldwide. Other carnivores -- such as the mountain lion, wolverine, and lynx -- are in need of special management. This valuable book examines the current status, management, and conservation of carnivores in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, where these animals have not only been researched for almost forty years but have also been affected by pressures from growing human uses.

Written by leading authorities in the field, the book begins by considering Yellowstone as a "model" system that has international significance. It goes on to survey the history of changing attitudes toward Greater Yellowstone carnivores and to discuss specific animals and their prey (including bears, cougars, wolves, coyotes, elk, bison, mule deer, bighorn sheep, moose, and small mammals).

The book also assesses the current status of conservation genetics and ecosystem dynamics. It closes with a look at the h

Table of Contents

List of Figures
vi(2)
List of Tables
viii(3)
Preface xi
1 A Model Ecosystem for Carnivores in Greater Yellowstone
1(10)
Tim W. Clark
Steven C. Minta
A. Peyton Curlee
Peter M. Kareiva
2 Greater Yellowstone Carnivores: A History of Changing Attitudes
11(40)
Paul Schullery
Lee H. Whittlesey
3 Yellowstone Bears
51(26)
Richard R. Knight
Bonnie M. Blanchard
Paul Schullery
4 The Ecology of Anthropogenic Influences on Cougars
77(26)
Kerry M. Murphy
P. Ian Ross
Maurice G. Hornocker
5 Wolves in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem: Restoration of a Top Carnivore in a Complex Management Environment
103(24)
Douglas W. Smith
Wayne G. Brewster
Edward E. Bangs
6 Coyotes and Canid Coexistence in Yellowstone
127(38)
Robert L. Crabtree
Jennifer W. Sheldon
7 Mesocarnivores of Yellowstone
165(24)
Steven W. Buskirk
8 Predicting the Effects of Wildfire and Carnivore Predation on Ungulates
189(50)
Francis J. Singer
John A. Mack
9 Small Prey of Carnivores in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
239(26)
Kurt A. Johnson
Robert L. Crabtree
10 Evaluating the Role of Carnivores in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
265(20)
Mark S. Boyce
Eric M. Anderson
11 Genetic Considerations for Carnivore Conservation in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
285(38)
F. Lance Craighead
Michael E. Gilpin
Ernest R. Vyse
12 Carnivore Research and Conservation: Learning from History and Theory
323(82)
Steven C. Minta
Peter M. Kareiva
A. Peyton Curlee
List of Contributors 405(10)
Index 415

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