These charismatic mammals, which include dogs, cats, hyenas,
weasels, mongooses, seals, sea lions and bears, have always held
special importance to humans throughout history and continue to do
so today. In recent decades, the emergence of new technologies has
completely transformed our knowledge of how carnivorans interact
with their environments and consequently reshaped our view of
carnivoran ecology. This unique synthesis uses examples from a
diverse and expanding carnivoran literature, drawing from all
carnivoran families and spanning the world's oceans and continents,
to produce a clearly written and richly illustrated book that
reviews our current state of knowledge of carnivoran ecology. It
addresses all levels of biological organization and function, from
genes to enzymes, organisms, populations, and ecosystems. Special
attention is given to how carnivoran species interact with their
prey, each other, and humans. There is an emphasis on community
interactions and their importance in carnivoran evolution, showing
how evolutionary constraints (morphological, physiological, and
behavioral) structure communities today. The book's approach is
strongly comparative, contrasting herbivores with carnivores,
predators with scavengers, and cats with dogs. Carnivorans play
important roles in many high-profile conservation cases, either as
species of concern or agents of endangerment, and their importance
is demonstrated in both contexts. Carnivoran Ecology is an
accessible advanced textbook aimed principally at senior
undergraduate and graduate students taking courses in carnivore
ecology, as well as a broad audience of professional academics
(especially carnivore and mammalian biologists), researchers, and
practitioners working in both governmental and non-governmental
organizations. A significant secondary market will exist amongst
the large amateur naturalist community including those wishing to
explore the ecological and evolutionary links between domestic
carnivorans (dogs, cats, ferrets etc.) and their wild counterparts.
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