Cheetahs of the Serengeti Plains - Group Living in an Asocial Species

Contents1 Grouping and Cooperative Hunting2 Serengeti, and the Taxonomy and Natural History of Cheetahs3 Sampling Methods and Techniques4 Female Reproduction and Cub Mortality5 Costs of Family Life for Mothers6 Benefits of Family Life for Cubs7 Hunting and Grouping in Adolescence8 The Mating System9 Territoriality and Male Group Size10 Foraging Success and Cooperative Hunting in Male Groups11 The Behavior of Males in Coalitions12 Evolution and Ecology of Cheetahs13 Conservation of Cheetahs in the Wild and in Captivity

Info autore

T. M. Caro is professor in the Center for Population Biology and the Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology, and a member of the Animal Behavior and Ecology graduate groups at the University of California, Davis.

Riassunto

This text provides a comprehensive account of carnivore social behaviour. Synthesizing more than a decade of research in the wild, it offers a detailed account of the behaviour and ecology of cheetahs.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: T. M. Caro, Tim Caro, Caro Tim
• Editore: University Presses
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 15.08.1994
• EAN: 9780226094342
• ISBN: 978-0-226-09434-2
• Pagine: 500
• Dimensioni: 17 mm x 23 mm x 3 mm
• Peso: 794 g
• Serie: Wildlife Behavior & Ecology (P; Wildlife Behaviour & Ecology S.; Wildlife Behaviour & Ecology Series WBE (CHUP); Wildlife Behaviour & Ecology Series WBE; Wildlife Behavior and Ecology series
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Biologia > Zoologia; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / General, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Mammals, Tanzania, Animal behaviour, Animal Ecology, Ethology and animal behaviour, Zoology and animal sciences, Zoology: Mammals, Zoology: mammals (mammalogy)