[...]... km2 And, while black-footed ferrets are recovering from a population low of 10 individuals and other carnivores are similarly endangered, small Asian mongooses (Herpestes javanicus) are invasive on the West Indies and Hawaiian Islands Although carnivore means meat eater, members of the Carnivora have diets that span the entire spectrum Some are strict carnivores (many felids and mustelids), many scavenge,... appropriate approaches for planning conservation measures Urs and Christine Breitenmoser are responsible for research and monitoring of the large carnivores in Switzerland and are co-chairs of the IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Groups They have first-hand experience in the implications of conservation of carnivores in areas with high human densities Their chapter is a stimulating and unconventional view of what conservation. .. carnivores, provides an overview of many techniques available for physiological studies of carnivores Greta Wengert and her coworkers (Chapter 13) introduce their cutting-edge approaches to investigating mortality and diseases of carnivores, and explain clearly how researchers and managers without background in pathology can still collect samples and data allowing the most up-to-date analyses Chapter 14, by... people in towns and villages The research used as examples in this book spans the diversity of carnivore habitats OUP CORRECTED PROOF – FINAL, 6/12/2011, SPi 2 | Carnivore Ecology and Conservation from areas with no permanent human inhabitants, through areas with various levels of sparse human occupation, to areas with dense human populations and highly altered habitats The diversity of carnivores, however,... experimental design, and (4) rigorous application of appropriate field and analytical techniques Rapid advances in technical and analytical capabilities cannot substitute for sound research planning In fact, advanced capabilities require the strongest of scientific frameworks to avoid having the techniques drive the research, which inevitably leads to unproductive research Similarly, today’s conservation. .. Once a carnivore is in hand, one should collect as much data as possible (Chapter 6); doing so may prevent the need to capture other animals (or the same animals) in the future Kerry Foresman has handled a wide diversity of carnivores and teaches a course on making the most of having an animal in hand Mark and Todd Fuller, in Chapter 7, introduce the diversity of telemetry equipment now available for... inferential, analytical framework can make a survey useless OUP CORRECTED PROOF – FINAL, 6/12/2011, SPi Designing carnivore surveys | 15 2.3 Dealing with false absence A false absence occurs when members of a species are considered absent from a site when some are actually present False absences are a plague of carnivore surveys; they cause bias in parameter estimates (Gu and Swihart 2004) and increase... manage carnivores It is also appropriate for graduate students and for graduate reading courses The book has been designed to be read from front to back It is divided informally into four sections: some introductory concepts (Chapters 2 and 3), data collection (Chapters 4–7), data analysis and design (Chapters 8–13), and human carnivore interactions for conservation and mitigation (Chapter 14–17) Each... CORRECTED PROOF – FINAL, 6/12/2011, SPi Contents | xi 10 Carnivore habitat ecology: integrating theory and application Michael S Mitchell and Mark Hebblewhite 10.1 What is habitat? 10.1.1 Potential, sink, quality, source, suitable, or critical? What kind of habitat is it? 10.1.2 A fitness-based definition of habitat 10.2 What is carnivore habitat? 10.3 Measuring habitat use and selection by carnivores 10.3.1... Switzerland E-mail: ch.breitenmoser@kora.ch Marc R L Cattet Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, 52 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, S7N 5B4, Canada E-mail: marc.cattet@usask.ca Paolo Ciucci Department of Biology and Biotechnologies, Sapienza Università di Roma, Viale dell’Università 32, 00185 Roma, Italy E-mail: paolo.ciucci@uniroma1.it . Turner, and Sacha Spector Marine Mammal Ecology and Conservation: A Handbook of Techniques Ian L. Boyd, W. Don Bowen, and Sara J. Iverson Carnivore Ecology and. Newton Habitat Management for Conservation: A Handbook of Techniques Malcolm Ausden Conservation and Sustainable Use: A Handbook of Techniques E.J. Milner-Gulland