Yellowstone cougars : ecology before and after wolf restoration /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Ruth, Toni K. (Toni Karen), 1963- (Author), Buotte, Polly C. (Author), Hornocker, Maurice G. (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Boulder : University Press of Colorado, [2019]
Subjects:	Puma > Ecology > Yellowstone National Park. Wolves > Ecology > Yellowstone National Park. Wolves > Reintroduction > Yellowstone National Park. Predation (Biology) > Yellowstone National Park. Competition (Biology) > Yellowstone National Park. Wildlife management > Yellowstone National Park. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

The northern Yellowstone landscape
Quantifying how species compete or coexist
Predation on the Greater Yellowstone Northern Range
Prey selection by cougars and wolves
Rates of predation
Direct interactions at kills
Combined influences : cougars, wolves, and humans
How might cougars respond to wolves?
Spatial responses of cougars to wolf presence
Patterns of resource use prior to and during wolf restoration
Synthesis : competition refuges and managing risks in a wolf-dominated system
Before and after wolf restoration : cougar population characteristics. How might wolf restoration affect the cougar population?
Cougar population structure
Reproduction and survival rates of cougars
Dispersal and population change
Synthesis : the niches of cougars and wolves
Management and conservation of cougars : considering interspecific competition.