Carnivore Behavior, Ecology, and Evolution

An Introduction to the Carnivora.- I Behavior.- 1 Acoustic Communication by Fissiped Carnivores.- 2 The Role of Odor in the Social Lives of Carnivores.- 3 Behavioral Development of Terrestrial Carnivores.- 4 The Comparative Behavioral Ecology of Hyenas: The Importance of Diet and Food Dispersion.- 5 Intraspecific Variation in Canid Social Systems.- 6 The Mating Tactics and Spacing Patterns of Solitary Carnivores.- 7 Carnivore Group Living: Comparative Trends.- II Ecology.- 8 The Feeding Ecology of Giant Pandas and Asiatic Black Bears in the Tangjiahe Reserve, China.- 9 Adaptations for Aquatic Living by Carnivores.- 10 Ecological Constraints on Predation by Large Felids.- 11 The Advantages and Disadvantages of Small Size to Weasels, Mustela Species.- 12 Basal Rate of Metabolism, Body Size, and Food Habits in the Order Carnivora.- 13 Patterns of Energy Output during Reproduction in Carnivores.- III Evolution.- 14 Locomotor Adaptations by Carnivores.- 15 Carnivore Dental Adaptations and Diet: A Study of Trophic Diversity within Guilds.- 16 The Physiology and Evolution of Delayed Implantation in Carnivores.- 17 Molecular and Biochemical Evolution of the Carnivora.- 18 The Phylogeny of the Recent Carnivora.- 19 Fossil History of the Terrestrial Carnivora.- Appendix: Classification of the Recent Carnivora.- Species and Subject Index.