Wildlife behavior and conservation

✍ Scribed by Richard H. Yahner (auth.)

Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York
Year: 2012
Tongue: English
Leaves: 196
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Begins with in-depth coverage of wildlife behavior concepts as they relate to conservation problems. Topics will focus principally on discussion, critique, and development of behavioral concepts, with particular attention given to published studies on various topics in wildlife behavioral concepts as related to conservation and natural history. He will include an extensive list of references.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xxi
Comparative Psychology Versus Ethology....Pages 1-4
Genetics and Other Mechanisms Affecting Behavior....Pages 5-13
Mate-acquisition and Parental-Care Systems....Pages 15-24
Mating Systems and Parental Care....Pages 25-33
Dispersal and Corridors....Pages 35-40
Food-Acquisition Systems....Pages 41-53
Additional Adaptations Against Predation....Pages 55-64
Habitat Selection....Pages 65-75
Home Range and Homing....Pages 77-82
Spacing Mechanisms....Pages 83-93
Dominance Hierarchies....Pages 95-100
Communication....Pages 101-111
Olfactory Communication....Pages 113-120
Auditory Communication....Pages 121-129
Ultrasounds and Other Types of Communication....Pages 131-137
Winter Strategies....Pages 139-143
Migration, Orientation, and Navigation....Pages 145-150
Competition....Pages 151-154
Back Matter....Pages 155-173

✦ Subjects

Animal Ecology; Nature Conservation; Behavioural Sciences; Environmental Management; Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management

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