دانلود کتاب Kalahari Cheetahs: Adaptations to an arid region

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Cover
Contents
Plates
1 Introduction
1.1 Background
1.2 The southern Kalahari region
1.3 Methods
1.4 Summary
1.5 Statistics
2 Morphometrics, demographics, and genetic viability
2.1 Morphometrics
2.2 Demography
2.3 Genetics
2.4 Summary
2.5 Statistics
3 Diet
3.1 Overall diet
3.2 Diets of different demographic groups
3.3 Individual variation in diet
3.4 How important are springbok in the diet of southern Kalahari cheetahs?
3.5 Conclusions
3.6 Summary
3.7 Statistics
4 Prey selection and the impact of cheetah predation on prey populations
4.1 Methods for measuring the dispersion and demographics of cheetah prey
4.2 Springbok
4.3 Steenbok
4.4 Duiker
4.5 Large herbivores and ostriches
4.6 Hares and springhares
4.7 Prey preferences
4.8 Impacts on prey populations: top down or bottom up?
4.9 Summary
4.10 Statistics
5 Twenty-four-hour activity patterns and distances moved
5.1 Activity profile
5.2 Distances moved per 24 h
5.3 Summary
5.4 Statistics
6 Hunting behaviour
6.1 Habitat use and foraging strategy
6.2 Locating prey
6.3 Species-specific hunts
6.4 Hunting success by demographic group
6.5 Cooperative hunting
6.6 Summary
6.7 Statistics
7 Foraging success
7.1 Feeding rates
7.2 Daily consumption rates
7.3 Summary
7.4 Statistics
8 Energetics
8.1 Methods
8.2 Energy expenditure and water turnover
8.3 Dynamics of the chase
8.4 Visualization of accelerometer data
8.5 Conclusions
8.6 Summary
8.7 Statistics
9 Coexistence and the cheetah’s relations with other carnivores
9.1 African savannahs
9.2 Feeding ecology of the large carnivores of the southern Kalahari
9.3 Interactions of cheetahs with large southern Kalahari carnivores
9.4 Conclusions about large carnivore relations in the southern Kalahari
9.5 Interactions with black-backed jackals and other small carnivores
9.6 Summary
9.7 Statistics
10 Socio-spatial organization and spatial ecology
10.1 Methods
10.2 Home range size and use
10.3 Dispersal
10.4 Summary
10.5 Statistics
11 Breeding, cub survival, and female reproductive success
11.1 Births and dens
11.2 Cub survival and a comparison with the Serengeti
11.3 Female reproductive success
11.4 Summary
11.5 Statistics
12 The mating system
12.1 Courtship and mating behaviour
12.2 Interactions between males
12.3 Paternity and male reproductive success
12.4 Ecological correlates of the mating system
12.5 Summary
12.6 Statistics
13 Conservation issues around cheetahs
13.1 Current principles in cheetah conservation
13.2 An evaluation of the current principles for cheetah conservation
13.3 A different paradigm for cheetah conservation
13.4 Summary
14 Epilogue
Appendices
Appendix 1 Common and scientific names of species mentioned in the text
Appendix 2 Details of radio collaring
Appendix 3 Customized CyberTracker template
Appendix 4 Genetics methodology and analyses
Appendix 5 Calculations of biomass eaten
Appendix 6 Methods for measuring the abundance and dispersion of prey
Appendix 7 Sex and ageing criteria for cheetah antelope prey
References
Index