Carnivore Behavior, Ecology, and Evolution / edited by John L. Gittleman

Englisch

Boston, MA : Springer US, 1989

Online-Ressource : online resource

978-1-4613-0855-3

Weitere Ausgaben: 978-1-4612-8204-4 (Druckausgabe)

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4613-0855-3

An Introduction to the CarnivoraI Behavior -- 1 Acoustic Communication by Fissiped Carnivores -- 2 The Role of Odor in the Social Lives of Carnivores -- 3 Behavioral Development of Terrestrial Carnivores -- 4 The Comparative Behavioral Ecology of Hyenas: The Importance of Diet and Food Dispersion -- 5 Intraspecific Variation in Canid Social Systems -- 6 The Mating Tactics and Spacing Patterns of Solitary Carnivores -- 7 Carnivore Group Living: Comparative Trends -- II Ecology -- 8 The Feeding Ecology of Giant Pandas and Asiatic Black Bears in the Tangjiahe Reserve, China -- 9 Adaptations for Aquatic Living by Carnivores -- 10 Ecological Constraints on Predation by Large Felids -- 11 The Advantages and Disadvantages of Small Size to Weasels, Mustela Species -- 12 Basal Rate of Metabolism, Body Size, and Food Habits in the Order Carnivora -- 13 Patterns of Energy Output during Reproduction in Carnivores -- III Evolution -- 14 Locomotor Adaptations by Carnivores -- 15 Carnivore Dental Adaptations and Diet: A Study of Trophic Diversity within Guilds -- 16 The Physiology and Evolution of Delayed Implantation in Carnivores -- 17 Molecular and Biochemical Evolution of the Carnivora -- 18 The Phylogeny of the Recent Carnivora -- 19 Fossil History of the Terrestrial Carnivora -- Appendix: Classification of the Recent Carnivora -- Species and Subject Index.

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Klassifikation der Library of Congress: Q1-390

Dewey Dezimal-Klassifikation: 50;

 

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