Carnivores : species, conservation, and management / Federico I. Álvares and Guilherme E. Mata, editors.

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CARNIVORES: SPECIES, CONSERVATION, AND MANAGEMENT; CARNIVORES: SPECIES, CONSERVATION, AND MANAGEMENT; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: EMERGING PROTOZOAL TICK-BORNE DISEASES OF CANIDS(PIROPLASMOSIS AND HEPATOZOONOSIS):IMPACT ON WILDLIFE CONSERVATION; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. CANINE PIROPLASMIDS:MORPHOLOGY AND LIFE CYCLE; 3. CANINE HEPATOZOONS: MORPHOLOGY AND LIFE CYCLE; 4. PATHOLOGY CAUSED BY PIROPLASMIDS AND HEPATOZOONS IN CANIDS; 5. ADVANCES IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF PIROPLASMIDS AND HEPATOZOONS IN CANIDS; 5.1. Microscopy.

5.2. Immunological Procedures5.3. Molecular Methods; 6. EPIZOOTIOLOGY OF PIROPLASMIDS AND HEPATOZOONS IN CANIDS WITH EMPHASISIN WILDLIFE; 7. EVOLUTION AND PHYLOGENY OF PIROPLASMIDS AND HEPATOZOON SPECIES OF CANIDS; 8. CONSERVATION MEDICINE AND CONTROL OF TICK-BORNE HEMATOZOANS OF WILD CANIDS; Tick-Borne Hematozoans and Conservation Medicine; Wild Canids and Parasite Control Issues; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES.

Chapter 2: THE RACCOON DOG(NYCTEREUTES PROCYONOIDES)IN THE COMMUNITY OF MEDIUM-SIZED CARNIVORES IN EUROPE:ITS ADAPTATIONS, IMPACT ON NATIVE FAUNA AND MANAGEMENT OF THE POPULATIONABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; 1. AN ADAPTABLE CARNIVORE; 1.1. Omnivory and Diet Variation; 1.2. Hibernation and Fat Reserves; 1.3. High Reproductive Potential; 1.4. Monogamy and Parental Care ; 1.5. Tendency to Wander; 1.6. Genetic Variation; 2. A VACANT NICHE? RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER MEDIUM-SIZED CARNIVORES; 2.1. Habitat Use, Home Ranges and Densities; 2.2. Shelter Use.

2.3. Overlap of Food Niches between Medium-sized Carnivores2.4. Changes in Abundance; 2.5. A Vector of Diseases and Parasites; 3. PREDATION ON NATIVE FAUNA; 4. MANAGEMENT OF THE POPULATION; 4.1. Expansion and Distribution; 4.2. Mortality; 4.3. Hunting in Different Countries; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 3: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF HUMAN PERCEPTIONS OF COUGARS AND OTHER LARGE CARNIVORES IN CANADA AND EL SALVADOR; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; THE CASE OF THE COUGAR PUMA CONCOLORAND THE LARGER SYMPATRIC CARNIVORES; THE COUGAR AND THE JAGUAR; THE COUGAR AND THE BROWN BEAR.

THE COUGAR AND THE BLACK BEARTHE IMPORTANCE OF GENDER; THE IMPORTANCE OF AGE; COMPARISONS AND CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 4: CARNIVORES, CONFLICT, AND CONSERVATION:DEFINING THE LANDSCAPE OF CONFLICT; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; ECOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO PREDICTING RISKOF CONFLICT; Sociological Approaches to Predicting Risk of Conflict; Defining the Landscape of Conflict; STUDY AREA; METHODS; Habitat and Corridor Modeling; RESULTS; DISCUSSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 5: MODELING DISJUNCT CARNIVORE DISTRIBUTIONS:THE CASE OF THE WOLF (CANIS LUPUS) IN THE IBERIAN PENINSULA; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION.

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