Jaguars of the Northern Pantanal: Panthera Onca at the Meeting of the Waters details the lives and behaviors of this subpopulation of jaguars through one-of-a-kind photographs from 26 international photographers, as well as illustrations, maps, waypoints, scientific insights, field journal excerpts and personal narratives. The book seeks to understand how locals can coexist with these cats while benefitting financially through ecotourism. Users will find this book to be a conceptual model to apply to other subpopulations in order to save jaguars throughout North and South America. It is an…mehr
Jaguars of the Northern Pantanal: Panthera Onca at the Meeting of the Waters details the lives and behaviors of this subpopulation of jaguars through one-of-a-kind photographs from 26 international photographers, as well as illustrations, maps, waypoints, scientific insights, field journal excerpts and personal narratives. The book seeks to understand how locals can coexist with these cats while benefitting financially through ecotourism. Users will find this book to be a conceptual model to apply to other subpopulations in order to save jaguars throughout North and South America. It is an ideal resource for researchers and practitioners in wildlife conservation, naturalism ecotourism and biologists.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Paul Brooke is currently a Professor at Grand View University. Previously, he was a biologist for the Fish and Wildlife Service on the North Slope of Alaska, a naturalist for the U.S. Forestry Service on Lake Superior and at Wenatchee in Washington State. He is the author of four previously-published books, including on the wildlife and ecosystem of the Amazon and Pantanal region. His contribution of research for this book is the result of his completed sabbatical through Grand View University on Panthera Onca: Jaguars of the Northern Pantanal.
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Section 1: Introduction Section 2: Individual jaguars 1. Identifying individual jaguars - Paul Brooke and Paul Donahue Section 3: Setting the scene 2. Habitat for Jaguars - Paul Donahue Section 4: Jaguar biology 3. Characteristics and physiology - Paul Brooke 4. Once they were even larger - Paul Brooke 5. Prey items of jaguars - Paul Brooke 6. Bite force and consumption of prey - Paul Brooke 7. Tree-climbing ability of jaguars 8. Territories, population density, and the jaguar corridor - Paul Brooke 9. Flehmen response and scent lures - Paul Brooke 10. The not so solitary - Paul Donahue 11. Mating, cub rearing, and natal disperal - Paul Brooke 12. Suffering and grooming - Paul Brooke 13. Aging and geriatric jaguars - Paul Brooke Section 5: Jaguar tourism and conservation 14. Jaguar tourism - Paul Donahue 15. The scourge of humans - Paul Brooke 16. Jaguars have a cow problem - Paul Donahue 17. Safeguarding cattle with cattle and water buffaloes - Paul Brooke 18. Endocrine-disrupting chemicals - Paul Donahue 19. Hydrophilia and mercury poisoning - Paul Brooke Section 6: Miscellaneous 20. Isca da Onça - Paul Donahue 21. Miscellaneous observations and information - Paul Donahue 22. Field notes - Paul Donahue 23. Pantanal way points for 2017 and 2019 - Paul Donahue 24. Jaguar identification guide examples and names - Abbie Martin, Paul Brooke Section 7: Final thoughts 25. Laying aside fear, embracing beauty - Paul Brooke Authors' biographies Index
Section 1: Introduction Section 2: Individual jaguars 1. Identifying individual jaguars - Paul Brooke and Paul Donahue Section 3: Setting the scene 2. Habitat for Jaguars - Paul Donahue Section 4: Jaguar biology 3. Characteristics and physiology - Paul Brooke 4. Once they were even larger - Paul Brooke 5. Prey items of jaguars - Paul Brooke 6. Bite force and consumption of prey - Paul Brooke 7. Tree-climbing ability of jaguars 8. Territories, population density, and the jaguar corridor - Paul Brooke 9. Flehmen response and scent lures - Paul Brooke 10. The not so solitary - Paul Donahue 11. Mating, cub rearing, and natal disperal - Paul Brooke 12. Suffering and grooming - Paul Brooke 13. Aging and geriatric jaguars - Paul Brooke Section 5: Jaguar tourism and conservation 14. Jaguar tourism - Paul Donahue 15. The scourge of humans - Paul Brooke 16. Jaguars have a cow problem - Paul Donahue 17. Safeguarding cattle with cattle and water buffaloes - Paul Brooke 18. Endocrine-disrupting chemicals - Paul Donahue 19. Hydrophilia and mercury poisoning - Paul Brooke Section 6: Miscellaneous 20. Isca da Onça - Paul Donahue 21. Miscellaneous observations and information - Paul Donahue 22. Field notes - Paul Donahue 23. Pantanal way points for 2017 and 2019 - Paul Donahue 24. Jaguar identification guide examples and names - Abbie Martin, Paul Brooke Section 7: Final thoughts 25. Laying aside fear, embracing beauty - Paul Brooke Authors' biographies Index
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