Biology and conservation of wild felids /

Dramatis personae : an introduction to the wild felids / David W. Macdonald, Andrew J. Loveridge, and Kristin Nowell -- Phylogeny and evolution of cats (Felidae) / Lars Werdelin ... [et al.] -- Felid form and function / Andrew C. Kitchener, Blaire Van Valkenburgh, and Nobuyuki Yamaguchi -- Genetic applications in wild felids / Melanie Culver ... [et al.] -- Felid society / David W. Macdonald , Anna Mosser, and John L. Gittleman -- People and wild felids : conservation of cats and management of conflicts / Andrew J. Loveridge ... [et al.] -- Many ways of skinning a cat : tools and techniques for studying wild felids / K. Ullas Karanth, Paul Funston, and Eric Sanderson -- Felids ex situ : managed programmes, research, and species recovery / David Wildt ... [et al.] -- Wild felid diseases : conservation implications and management strategies / Linda Munson ... [et al.] -- Ecology of infectious diseases in Serengeti lions / Meggan E. Craft -- African lions on the edge : reserve boundaries as 'attractive sinks' / Andrew J. Loveridge... [et al.] -- Tiger range collapse and recovery at the base of the Himalayas / John Seidensticker ... [et al.] -- The Amur tiger : a case study of living on the edge / Dale G. Miquelle ... [et al.] -- An adaptive management approach to trophy hunting of leopards (Panthera pardus) : a case study from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa / Guy A. Balme ... [et al.] -- Cheetahs and ranchers in Namibia: a case study / Laurie Marker ... [et al.] -- Past, present and future of cheetahs in Tanzania : their behavioural ecology and conservation / Sarah M. Durant ... [et al.] -- Jaguars, livestock and people in Brazil : realities and perceptions behind the conflict / Sandra M.C. Cavalcanti ... [et al.] -- The ecology of jaguars in the Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary, Belize / Bart J. Harmsen ... [et al.] -- Snow leopards, conflict, and conservation / Rodney M. Jackson ... [et al.] -- Pumas and people : lessons in the landscape of tolerance from a widely distributed felid / Tucker Murphy and David W. Macdonald -- Long term research on the Florida panther (Puma concolor coryi) : historical findings and future obstacles to population persistence / Dave Onorato ... [et al.] -- Reversing cryptic extinction : the history, present and future of the Scottish wildcat / David W. Macdonald ... [et al.] -- The changing impact of predation as a source of conflict between hunters and reintroduced lynx in Switzerland / Urs Breitenmoser ... [et al.] -- Iberian lynx : the uncertain future of a critically endangered cat / Pablo Ferreras ... [et al.] -- Cyclical dynamics and behaviour of Canada lynx in northern Canada / Mark O'Donoghue ... [et al.] -- Black-footed cats (Felis nigripes) and African wild cats (Felis silvestris) : a comparison of two small felids from South African arid lands / Alexander Sliwa, Marna Herbst, and M. Gus L. Mills -- Ocelot ecology and its effect on the small-felid guild in the lowland neotropics / Tadeu G. de Oliveira ... [et al.] -- Highland cats : ecology and conservation of the rare and elusive Andean cat / Jorgelina Marino ... [et al.] -- Felid futures : crossing disciplines, borders, and generations / David W. Macdonald, Andrew J. Loveridge, and Alan Rabinowitz.

"The editors utilize their fifty years of combined professional experience in the behaviour and ecology of wild felids to draw together a unique network of the world's most respected and knowledgeable experts on cats large and small. For the first time, this interdisciplinary field of research is brought together within a single volume, in a compendious exploration of wild cats that are as intriguing as they are beautiful and charismatic." "Beginning with a complete account of all thirty-six felid species, there follow eight comprehensive review chapters that span all the topics most relevant to felid conservation and biology, including evolution and systematics, felid form and function, genetic applications, behavioural ecology, management of conflict with people and control of international trade in felid species, conservation tools/techniques, ex situ management, and felid diseases. Nineteen detailed case studies then delve deeply into the very best species investigations worldwide, written by leading figures in the field. These chapters portray the unique attributes of the wild felids, describe their fascinating (and conflicting) relationship with humans, and create an unparalleled platform for future research and conservation measures. A final chapter analyses the requirements of, and interdisciplinary approaches to, practical conservation with cutting-edge examples of conservation science and action with implications that go far beyond the cat family." "The wild felids provide examples that will thrill the evolutionary biologist and theoretician, enthral the natural historian, and challenge the conservation biologist and wildlife manager. Anybody interested in evolutionary and behavioural biology, in mammals, in the environment, or in conservation will find much that is new and enriching in this book. It is also an unrivalled source of information for anyone with a serious interest in cats."