17. Carnivoran Ecomorphology: A Phylogenetic Perspective

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Contributors xi
6. Introduction: Carnivores and Conservation Biology 1
7. PART I. BEHAVIOR
8. Introduction 11
9. 1. Ethics and the Study of Carnivores: Doing Science While Respecting Animals 15
10. 2. Behavioral Endocrinology and Social Organization in Dwarf Mongooses 46
11. 3. Fernale Masculinization in the Spotted Hyena: Endocrinology, Behavioral Ecology, and Evolution 78
12. 4. The Adaptive Significance of Color Patterns in Carnivores: Phylogenetic Tests of Classic Hypotheses 132
13. 5. Sympatry in Canids: A Review and Assessment 189
14. PART II. ECOLOGY
15. Introduction 219
16. 6. Methodological Advances in Capture, Census, and Food-Habits Studies of Large African Carnivores 223
17. 7. Patterns of Size Separation in Carnivore Communities 243
18. 8. Patterns and Consequences of Dispersal in Gregarious Carnivores 267
19. 9. Carnivore Reintroductions: An Interdisciplinary Examination 296
20. 10. Human/Carnivore Interactions: Conservation and Management Implications from China 337
21. PART III. EVOLUTION
22. Introduction 371
23. 11. Competitors, Companions, Status Symbols, or Pests: A Review of Human Associations with Other Carnivores 375
24. 12. Design for Killing: Craniodental Adaptations of Predators 393
25. 13. Genetic Relatedness among Individuals within Carnivore Societies 429
26. 14. Demographic and Historical Effects on Genetic Variation of Carnivores 453
27. 15. Biogeography of the Order Carnivora 485
28. 16. Carnivoran Phylogeny and Rates of Evolution: Morphological, Taxic, and Molecular 542
29. 17. Carnivoran Ecomorphology: A Phylogenetic Perspective 582
30. Species and Subject Index 625