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" Cougar : "
edited by Maurice Hornocker and Sharon Negri.
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1041264
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b795634
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Cougar : : ecology and conservation /\ edited by Maurice Hornocker and Sharon Negri.
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Chicago :: University of Chicago Press,, ©2010.
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1 online resource (xiv, 306 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) :: illustrations (some color), maps
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0226353443
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: 0226353478
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: 6612445629
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: 9780226353449
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: 9780226353470
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: 9786612445620
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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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.
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Puma-- Conservation.
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Wildlife conservation.
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Wildlife management.
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Conservation of Natural Resources.
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Ecology.
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Puma.
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NATURE-- Animals-- Big Cats.
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Wildlife conservation.
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Wildlife management.
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| Dewey Classification
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599.75/24
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QL737.C23C6775 2010eb
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Hornocker, Maurice G.
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Negri, Sharon.
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