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This comprehensive and lavishly illustrated book summarizes all known information on the Goitered Gazelle (Gazella subgutturosa), one of the world's most endangered antelopes. It includes information on topics such as feeding ecology, behavior, vocalizations, parasites and diseases, and conservation. This research monograph will be of interest to professional researchers of ungulates, university staff, students, and naturalists.
List of contents
Chapter 1: Basic knowledge on goitered gazelle biology.- Chapter 2: Feeding ecology and behavior.- Chapter 3: Rutting season: Morphological and physiological changes.- Chapter 4: Rutting behavior.- Chapter 5: Territoriality and marking behavior.- Chapter 6: Agonistic behavior of adult and sub-adult males.- Chapter 7: Birthing and related behavior.- Chapter 8: Suckling behavior.- Chapter 9: Young behavior.- Chapter 10: Mother-young interactions.- Chapter 11: Group size and social composition.- Chapter 12: Impact of population density on group size.- Chapter 13: Sexual segregation.- Chapter 14: Sex ratio.- Chapter 15: Evolution of social behavior.- Chapter 16: Defensive behavior.- Chapter 17: Play behavior.- Chapter 18: Comfort behavior.- Chapter 19: Main causes of mortality and mass death.- Chapter 20: Conservation efforts.- Chapter 21: Unexplored phenomena.- Chapter 22: Instead of conclusion.
About the author
David Blank was born in Alma-Ata (Kazakhstan) in 1958. He studied in the Kazakh State University in Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan (1975-1980), when investigated Capra sibirica behavior in Tien-Shan Mountains. David got his PhD degree in the Tel-Aviv University for the theme “Social and mating behavior of Persian gazelle”. He worked as a field zoologist in the Institute of zoology, Kazakh Academy of Sciences (Alma-Ata) and observed goitered gazelle behavior in Kazakhstan (1981-1991). After that he worked as zoologist in the Israel Nature Reserve Authority (1993-2005). Participated in the UNDP project China Wetlands Biodiversity Conservation (2005-2007). He worked in the Haipark Zoo in Israel. Later, David worked as an Assistant visiting professor in the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography (Urumqi, Chinese Academy of Sciences – 2010-2015). And now he works as ecologist in the Research Center of Ecology and Environment of Central Asia, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (2015 – until now).
Summary
This comprehensive and lavishly illustrated book summarizes all known information on the Goitered Gazelle (Gazella subgutturosa), one of the world's most endangered antelopes. It includes information on topics such as feeding ecology, behavior, vocalizations, parasites and diseases, and conservation. This research monograph will be of interest to professional researchers of ungulates, university staff, students, and naturalists.
