Paul Brooke,
Paul Donahue
Elsevier Science
e druk, 2020
9780128221389
Jaguars of the Northern Pantanal
Panthera Onca at the Meeting of the Waters
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Paperback, blz.
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Elsevier Science |
2020
ISBN13: 9780128221389
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Levertijd ongeveer 9 werkdagen
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Jaguars of the Northern Pantanal: Panthera Onca at the Meeting of the Waters details the lives and behaviors of this subpopulation of jaguars through one-of-a-kind photographs from 26 international photographers, as well as illustrations, maps, waypoints, scientific insights, field journal excerpts and personal narratives. The book seeks to understand how locals can coexist with these cats while benefitting financially through ecotourism. Users will find this book to be a conceptual model to apply to other subpopulations in order to save jaguars throughout North and South America.
It is an ideal resource for researchers and practitioners in wildlife conservation, naturalism ecotourism and biologists.
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Inhoudsopgave
<p>Section 1: Introduction</p> <p>Section 2: Individual jaguars</p> <p>1. Identifying individual jaguars - Paul Brooke and Paul Donahue</p> <p>Section 3: Setting the scene</p> <p>2. Habitat for Jaguars - Paul Donahue</p> <p>Section 4: Jaguar biology</p> <p>3. Characteristics and physiology - Paul Brooke</p> <p>4. Once they were even larger - Paul Brooke</p> <p>5. Prey items of jaguars - Paul Brooke</p> <p>6. Bite force and consumption of prey - Paul Brooke</p> <p>7. Tree-climbing ability of jaguars</p> <p>8. Territories, population density, and the jaguar corridor - Paul Brooke</p> <p>9. Flehmen response and scent lures - Paul Brooke</p> <p>10. The not so solitary - Paul Donahue</p> <p>11. Mating, cub rearing, and natal disperal - Paul Brooke</p> <p>12. Suffering and grooming - Paul Brooke</p> <p>13. Aging and geriatric jaguars - Paul Brooke</p> <p>Section 5: Jaguar tourism and conservation</p> <p>14. Jaguar tourism - Paul Donahue</p> <p>15. The scourge of humans - Paul Brooke</p> <p>16. Jaguars have a cow problem - Paul Donahue</p> <p>17. Safeguarding cattle with cattle and water buffaloes - Paul Brooke</p> <p>18. Endocrine-disrupting chemicals - Paul Donahue</p> <p>19. Hydrophilia and mercury poisoning - Paul Brooke</p> <p>Section 6: Miscellaneous</p> <p>20. Isca da Onça - Paul Donahue</p> <p>21. Miscellaneous observations and information - Paul Donahue</p> <p>22. Field notes - Paul Donahue</p> <p>23. Pantanal way points for 2017 and 2019 - Paul Donahue</p> <p>24. Jaguar identification guide examples and names - Abbie Martin, Paul Brooke</p> <p>Section 7: Final thoughts</p> <p>25. Laying aside fear, embracing beauty - Paul Brooke</p> <p>Authors' biographies</p> <p>Index</p>