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Cheetahs of the Serengeti Plains : group living in an asocial species

Title: Cheetahs of the Serengeti Plains : group living in an asocial species / by T.M. Caro.
Author: Caro, T. M. (Timothy M.)
Publication: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1994.

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Description

xxi, 478 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Wildlife behavior and ecology

Uniform Title

Wildlife behavior and ecology.

Subjects

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Contents

1. Grouping and Cooperative Hunting -- 2. Serengeti, and the Taxonomy and Natural History of Cheetahs -- 3. Sampling Methods and Techniques -- 4. Female Reproduction and Cub Mortality -- 5. Costs of Family Life for Mothers -- 6. Benefits of Family Life for Cubs -- 7. Hunting and Grouping in Adolescence -- 8. The Mating System -- 9. Territoriality and Male Group Size -- 10. Foraging Success and Cooperative Hunting in Male Groups -- 11. The Behavior of Males in Coalitions -- 12. Evolution and Ecology of Cheetahs -- 13. Conservation of Cheetahs in the Wild and in Captivity -- App. 1. Common and Scientific Names of Species Mentioned in the Text -- App. 2. Predator Populations and Numbers of Adult Thomson's Gazelles They Killed in the Serengeti Ecosystem -- App. 3. Percentage Representation of Prey Species in the Diets of Cheetahs in Different Areas of Africa -- App. 4. Weights and Measurements of Adult Cheetahs -- App. 5. Description of Subspecies of Acinonyx jubatus.
App. 6. Life History Variables of Felid Species -- App. 7. Adult Recruitment of Thomson's Gazelles between 1985 and 1989 -- App. 8. Hunting Attempts and Kills by Female Cheetahs -- App. 9. Estimation of Female Home Range Size -- App. 10. Estimation of Male Territory Size -- App. 11. Hunting Attempts and Kills by Male Cheetahs -- App. 12. Number of Adult Thomson's Gazelles Killed by Cheetahs on the Serengeti Plains per Annum.

ISBN

LCCN

93035466

OCLC

ocm28797755

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries