Kalahari cheetahs : adaptations to an arid region / by M.G.L. Mills, Lewis Foundation, South Africa ; Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, and M.E.J. Mills, Lewis Foundation, South Africa ; in collaboration with C.T.T. Edwards - statistics, NIWA, Wellington, New Zealand, D. Gottelli - genetics, Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, D.M. Scantlebury - energetics, Queen's University Belfast.

This is a detailed study of the cheetah in an arid environment, addressing topics such as optimal foraging theory, hunting strategies and predator prey relations, mating systems, reproductive strategies and success, inter-specific competition, demography, social organisation, and population limitati...

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Main Authors:	Mills, M. G. L. (Author), Mills, Margie (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Cheetah > Adaptation > Kalahari Desert. Cheetah > Behavior > Kalahari Desert. Cheetah > Ecology > Kalahari Desert. Desert animals > Kalahari Desert. Rare mammals > Kalahari Desert. NATURE > Animals > Mammals. SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > Mammals. Cheetah > Behavior Desert animals Rare mammals Africa > Kalahari Desert
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Table of Contents:

1. Introduction
2. Morphometrics, demographics, and genetic viability
3. Diet
4. Prey selection and the impact of cheetah predation on prey populations
5. Twenty-four-hour activity patterns and distances moved
6. Hunting behaviour
7. Foraging success
8. Energetics
9. Coexistence and the cheetah's relations with other carnivores
10. Socio-spatial organization and spatial ecology
11. Breeding, cub survival, and female reproductive success
12. The mating system
13. Conservation issues around cheetahs
14. Epilogue
Appendices. Appendix 1. Common and scientific names of species mentioned in the text ; Appendix 2. Details of radio collaring ; Appendix 3. Customized CyberTracker template ; Appendix 4. Genetics methodology and analyses ; Appendix 5. Calculations of biomass eaten ; Appendix 6. Methods for measuring the abundance and dispersion of prey ; Appendix 7. Sex and ageing criteria for cheetah antelope prey.

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