Nigel Dunstone / Martyn L. Gorman (eds.)

Behaviour and Ecology of Riparian Mammals

Herausgeber: Dunstone, Nigel; Gorman, Martyn L.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Many mammals, such as otters, live in close association with rivers and streams, feeding in them, or using them as a place of safety or means of escape from predators. The distinct adaptations that riparian mammals have evolved in order to live in these environments also handicap them for living elsewhere. They are therefore threatened by alterations to their environment. In recent years our rivers have become highly polluted, and with bankside modifications for agriculture and forestry, enhanced or decreased water flow, and use for recreation, they become less and less suitable for these highly specialized animals. This book looks at the habitat utilization, adaptation, feeding ecology and conservation status of a range of riparian mammals, and will give insights into the problems facing these fascinating animals, and how they might be overcome.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 404
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. April 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 653g
• ISBN-13: 9780521038072
• ISBN-10: 0521038073
• Artikelnr.: 22781582

Inhaltsangabe

List of contributors; Preface; 1. Adaptations to the semi-aquatic habit and
habitat N. Dunstone; 2. Physiological challenges in semi-aquatic mammals:
swimming against the energetic tide T. M. Williams; 3. Diving capacity and
foraging behaviour of the water shrew (Neomys fodiens) P. Vogel, C. Bodmer,
M. Spreng and J. Aeschimann; 4. Habitat use by water shrews, the smallest
of amphibious mammals S. Churchfield; 5. The importance of the riparian
environment as a habitat for British bats P. A. Racey; 6. A preliminary
study of the behaviour of the European mink Mustela lutreola in Spain, by
means of radiotracking S. Palazón and J. Ruiz-Olmo; 7. The demography of
European otters Lutra lutra M. L. Gorman, H. Kruuk, C. Jones, G. McLaren
and J. W. H. Conroy; 8. Habitat use and conservation of otters (Lutra
lutra) in Britain: a review H. Kruuk, D. N. Carss, J. W. H. Conroy and M.
J. Gaywood; 9. The relationship between riverbank habitat and prey
availability and the distribution of otter (Lutra lutra) signs: an analysis
using a geographical information system T. J. Thom, C. J. Thomas, N.
Dunstone and P. R. Evans; 10. Influence of altitude on the distribution,
abundance and ecology of the otter (Lutra lutra) J. Ruiz-Olmo; 11. Diets of
semi-aquatic carnivores in northern Belarus, with implications for
population changes V. Sidorovich, H. Kruuk, D. W. Macdonald and T. Maran;
12. Otter (Lutra lutra) prey selection in relation to fish abundance and
community structure in two different freshwater habitats D. N. Carss, K. C.
Nelson, P. J. Bacon and H. Kruuk; 13. Diet, foraging behaviour and
coexistence of African otters and the water mongoose D. T. Rowe-Rowe and M.
J. Somers; 14. Feeding ecology of the smooth-coated otter Lutra
perspicillata in the National Chambal Sanctuary, India S. A. Hussain and B.
C. Choudhury; 15. Population trends of hippopotami in the rivers of the
Kruger National Park, South Africa P. C. Viljoen and H. C. Biggs; 16.
Reproductive strategies of female capybaras: dry-season gestation E. A.
Herrera; 17. The continuing decline of the European mink Mustela lutreola:
evidence for the intraguild aggression hypothesis T. Maran, D. W.
Macdonald, H. Kruuk, V. Sidorovich and V. V. Rozhnov; 18. Otters and
pollution in Spain J. Ruiz-Olmo, J. M. López-Martín and M. Delibes; 19. The
rapid impact of resident American mink on water voles: case studies in
lowland England C. Strachan, D. J. Jeffries, G. R. Barreto, D. W. Macdonald
and R. Strachan; 20. Status, habitat use and conservation of giant otter in
Peru C. Schenck and E. Staib; Index.