W. W. Norton & Company, 2005. — 288 p. When residents of Boulder, Colorado, suddenly began to see mountain lions in their backyards, it became clear that the cats had returned after decades of bounty hunting had driven them far from human settlement. In a riveting environmental tale that has received huge national attention, journalist David Baron traces the history of the...
Penn State University Press, 2015. — 280 p. Biologists studying large carnivores in wild places usually do so from a distance, using telemetry and noninvasive methods of data collection. So what happens when an anthropologist studies a clan of spotted hyenas, Africa’s second-largest carnivores, up close - and in a city of a hundred thousand inhabitants? In Among the Bone...
Penn State University Press, 2015. — 280 p. Biologists studying large carnivores in wild places usually do so from a distance, using telemetry and noninvasive methods of data collection. So what happens when an anthropologist studies a clan of spotted hyenas, Africa’s second-largest carnivores, up close - and in a city of a hundred thousand inhabitants? In Among the Bone Eaters,...
Reaktion Books, 2012. — 167 p. Hyenas are almost universally regarded as nasty, scheming charlatans that skulk in the back alleyways of the animal kingdom. They have been scorned for centuries as little more than scavenging carrion-eaters, vandals, and thieves. Here to restore the Hyena’s reputation is Mikita Brottman, who offers an alternate view of these mistreated and...
University of New Mexico Press, 2023. — 1145 p. — ISBN 978-0-8263-5151-7. In this first-ever landmark study of New Mexico's wild carnivores, Jean-Luc E. Cartron and Jennifer K. Frey have assembled a team of leading southwestern biologists to explore the animals and the major issues that shape their continued presence in the state and region. The book includes discussions on...
Publisher: Island Press; 1 edition (May 5, 2005), 290 pages Language: English The book is divided into three parts. Part I begins with an introduction to large carnivore management as a social process (chapter 1), examining the ongoing struggle and its significance to the future health of the region and its human and animal inhabitants and identifying fundamental problems that...
Routledge, 2018. — 364 p. Large carnivores include iconic species such as bears, wolves and big cats. Their habitats are increasingly being shared with humans, and there is a growing number of examples of human-carnivore coexistence as well as conflict. Next to population dynamics of large carnivores, there are considerable attitude shifts towards these species worldwide with...
Pelagic Publishing, 2019. — 200 p. Carnivores include some of the most impressive, dangerous and mysterious animals in the world. Hans Kruuk has spent his life studying them against magnificent backdrops, from the Serengeti savannahs and Kalahari deserts to the Scottish Highlands, from the Galápagos Islands to the Far East. In each location he has used meticulous observation of...
Pelagic Publishing, 2019. — 200 p. Carnivores include some of the most impressive, dangerous and mysterious animals in the world. Hans Kruuk has spent his life studying them against magnificent backdrops, from the Serengeti savannahs and Kalahari deserts to the Scottish Highlands, from the Galápagos Islands to the Far East. In each location he has used meticulous observation of...
Baltimore and London. The Johns Hopkins University Press. 2005, 328 Pages. ISBN: 0801880335 ,0801880327
Although they are highly intelligent, ruthless predators, carnivores are increasingly rare. From the dwarf mongoose to the polar bear, carnivores are at once respected and misunderstood, invoking both fear and curiosity in the humans with whom they share their world. Ronald...
Marshall Cavendish, 2011. — 46 p. Examines the anatomy and special skills of raccoons, as well as their habitats, diets, and other skills unique to their species. A father and mother and their two children were quietly watching television one evening in their home in New York City when they heard animal noises coming from the kitchen. The father went to investigate. He found a...
Routledge, 2021. — 276 p. Humans and Hyenas examines the origins and development of the relationship between the two to present an accurate and realistic picture of the hyena and its interactions with people. The hyena is one of the most maligned, misrepresented and defamed mammals. It is still, despite decades of research-led knowledge, seen as a skulking, cowardly scavenger...
Routledge, 2021. — 276 p. Humans and Hyenas examines the origins and development of the relationship between the two to present an accurate and realistic picture of the hyena and its interactions with people. The hyena is one of the most maligned, misrepresented and defamed mammals. It is still, despite decades of research-led knowledge, seen as a skulking, cowardly scavenger...
Springer, 2023. — 358 p. - Highlights new charismatic social predators (wild dogs and hyenas) that receive less attention - Emphasize the importance of sociality in these predators, their role in shaping ecosystems through fear and intimidation - It is their social fabric that emboldens them to survive, reproduce, and hunt highly maneuverable and clever prey The book offers a...
Springer, 2023. — 358 p. - Highlights new charismatic social predators (wild dogs and hyenas) that receive less attention - Emphasize the importance of sociality in these predators, their role in shaping ecosystems through fear and intimidation - It is their social fabric that emboldens them to survive, reproduce, and hunt highly maneuverable and clever prey The book offers a...
Lyons Press, 2014. — 244 p. "When Man Becomes Prey" examines the details of fatal predator attacks on humans, providing an opportunity to learn about the factors and behaviors that led to attacks. The predators profiled in the book include black bears, grizzly bears, mountain lions, coyotes, and gray wolves - the first time all five species have been included in one volume....
Л., «Наука», 1979. - 164 с.
В книге обобщены результаты многолетних исследований по экологии хищных млекопитающих семейств Canidae, Ursidae, Felidae на Северо-Западе СССР. Рассматриваются некоторые морфологические особенности хищников, территориальное распределение, плотность населения, стации, питание, размножение, структура популяций и другие стороны экологии видов,...
Под ред. А.А. Стрелкова. — М.; Л.: Издательство Академии Наук СССР, 1956. — 294 с. Настоящая книга преследует цель дать в руки читателя, во-первых, практическое пособие для определения хищных зверей, а во-вторых, основные сведения об их морфологии, распространении и биологии, с тем чтобы способствовать первоначальной ориентировке в материале, а одновременно натолкнуть на ещё...
Учебно—методическое пособие. — Минск: БГУ, 2014. — 88 с. Изложены методы изучения питания хищников, а также сбора, хранения материалов для исследования и статистической обработки. Приведены краткие атласы—определители и общие рекомендации по оформлению полученных результатов. Для студентов учреждения высшего образования, обучающихся по специальности «Биология (по...
М.: «Издательство академии наук СССР»,1962. – 476 с.
Книга проф. С. У. Строганова «Звери Сибири. Хищные» является вторым выпуском серии монографий, разрабатываемых в Биологическом институте Сибирского отделения Академии наук СССР. Первая монография, посвященная насекомоядным Сибири, написана и опубликована в 1957 г.
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СПб.: Наука, 2003. — 448 с.
На материалах многолетник полевых и экспериментальных исследований в монографии рассматриваются адаптивные особенности хищных млекопитающих России. Подробно освещаются вопросы пищевой специализации и сезонной смены кормой, суточной активности и перемещения животных, сроков спаривания и плодовитости, развития и скорости роста молодняка исследуемых...
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