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Tables of Contents for Carnivore Conservation
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of contributors
x
Acknowledgements
xiv
Why `Carnivore conservation'?
1
8
John L. Gittleman
Stephan M. Funk
David W. Macdonald
Robert K. Wayne
Part 1: Problems
9
212
Past and future carnivore extinctions: a phylogenetic perspective
11
24
Andy Purvis
Georgina M. Mace
John L. Gittleman
Interspecific competition and the population biology of extinction-prone carnivores
35
26
Scott Creel
Goran Spong
Nancy Creel
Strategies for carnivore conservation: lessons from contemporary extinctions
61
32
Rosie Woodroffe
Alien carnivores: unwelcome experiments in ecological theory
93
30
David W. Macdonald
Michael D. Thom
Carnivore introductions and invasions: Their success and management options
123
22
Luigi Boitani
Hybridization and conservation of carnivores
145
18
Robert K. Wayne
David M. Brown
Carnivore demography and the consequences of changes in prey availability
163
16
Todd K. Fuller
Paul R. Sievert
Human-carnivore interactions: adopting proactive strategies for complex problems
179
17
Marc Bekoff
The control, exploitation and conservation of carnivores
196
25
Warren E. Johnson
Eduardo Eizirik
Gina M. Lento
Part 2: Some approaches and solutions
221
176
Interdisciplinary problem solving in carnivore conservation: an introduction
223
18
Tim W. Clark
David J. Mattson
Richard P. Reading
Brian J. Miller
Assessment of carnivore reintroductions
241
41
Urs Breitenmoser
Christine Breitenmoser-Wursten
Ludwig N. Carbyn
Stephan M. Funk
Interactions between carnivores and local communities: conflict or co-existence?
282
31
Claudio Sillero-Zubiri
M. Karen Laurenson
New methods for obtaining and analyzing genetic data from free-ranging carnivores
313
22
Pierre Taberlet
Gordon Luikart
Eli Geffen
Applications of genetic concepts and molecular methods to carnivore conservation
335
24
Warren E. Johnson
Eduardo Eizirik
Melody Roelke-Parker
Stephen J. O' Brien
Role of reproductive sciences in carnivore conservation
359
13
David E. Wildt
Jogayle Howard
Janine Brown
Monitoring of terrestrial carnivore populations
372
25
Eric M. Gese
Part 3: Prospects for research and conservation
397
142
Changing landscapes: consequences for carnivores
399
20
Melvin E. Sunquist
Fiona Sunquist
Behaviour of carnivores in exploited and controlled populations
419
24
Laurence G. Frank
Rosie Woodroffe
The role of disease in carnivore ecology and conservation
443
24
Stephan M. Funk
Christine V. Fiorello
Sarah Cleaveland
Matthew E. Gompper
Geographic priorities for carnivore conservation in Africa
467
17
M. Gus L. Mills
Stefanie Freitag
Albert S. Van
Jaarsveld
Estimating interpopulation dispersal rates
484
14
Peter M. Waser
Curtis Strobeck
David Paetkau
Setting priorities for carnivore conservation: What makes carnivores different?
498
26
Joshua R. Ginsberg
Postscript-carnivore conservation: science, compromise and tough choices
524
15
David W. Macdonald
References
539
119
Index
658