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

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000
• MitwirkendeR: Bekoff, Marc,; Benveniste, Raoul E.,; Eisenberg, John F.,; Estes, James A.,; Gittleman, John L.,; Gorman, Martyn L.,; Heming, Shen,; Janczewski, Dianne N.,; Jinchu, Hu,; Johnson, Kenneth G.,; King, Carolyn M.,; Martin, Larry D.,; McNab, Brian K.,; Mead, Rodney A.,; Mills, M. G. L.,; Moehlman, Patricia D.,; Oftedal, Olav T.,; O’Brien, Stephen J.,; Peters, Gustav,; Qitao, Teng,; Sandell, Mikael,; Schaller, George B.,; Sunquist, Fiona C.,; Sunquist, Mel E.,; Taylor, Mark E.,; Trowbridge, Beverley J.,; Van Valkenburgh, Blaire,; Wayne, Robert K.,; Wozencraft, W. Chris,; Xiaoming, Wang,
• HerausgeberIn: Gittleman, John L.,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2019]; ©1996
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (624 p.) :; 127 halftones, 34 tables

The mammalian order Carnivora is characterized by an incredible range of morphological, ecological, and behavioral variation. Carnivores can be as small as the 100-gram least weasel or as large as the 800-kilogram polar bear. Their reproductive rate can vary from one offspring every five years, as w...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Contributors
• An Introduction to the Carnivora
• PART I. BEHAVIOR
• Introduction
• 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
• PART II. ECOLOGY
• Introduction
• 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
• PART III. EVOLUTION
• Introduction
• 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