The Lion

Name: The Lion | Behavior, Ecology, and Conservation of an Iconic Species
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Behavior, Ecology, and Conservation of an Iconic Species

Craig Packer(Autor*in)

Princeton University Press

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Erschienen am 28. März 2023

376 Seiten

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Cover
Contents
Preface
1. Introduction
A Lion Primer
Key Points
2. Lion Social Structure
The Basic System
Social Dominance
Reproductive Success
Pride Persistence versus Coalition Longevity
Key Points
3. Infanticide and Expulsion
After the Storm
Synchronizing the Reproductive Clock
The Academic Politics of Infanticide
Key Points
4. Cub Rearing
From the Den to the Crèche
Nursing Behavior
Non-offspring Nursing across Mammals
Babysitting
What about Grandma?
What Keeps the Crèche Honest?
Littering
It's a Girl! It's a Boy!! It's Three Boys and a Girl . . .
Key Points
5. Mating Competition and Paternal Care
Within-Coalition Competition
One for All and All for One?
Why Are Large Coalitions So Rare?
Father(s) of the Pride
I Love You, Dad, but . . .
Key Points
6. The Lion's Mane
Manes and Wounding
Manes versus Male Quality
What Do the Lions Think?
Why Lions? Why Manes?
Key Points
7. Foraging Behavior
Background
Hunting in Groups-or Not . . .
But Do They Cooperate When They Are Together?
Key Points
8. Intergroup Competition
Intergroup Conflict
Blood on the Tracks
War Games of the Sexes
Intergenerational-Intergroup Competition
Groups Begetting Groups-of Both Sexes
Key Points
9. The Evolution of Lion Sociality
The Three Rules of Lion Real Estate
The Landscape of Female Sociality
Pride Size Revisited
The Origins of Male Sociality
The Lion: The Paragon of Group Living
Key Points
10. Population Regulation
Serengeti: Tracking Lions in a Changing Environment
Top-Down Population Regulation: Predation, Infanticide, and Disease
Ngorongoro Crater: Disease versus Density
Keeping It in the Family
Key Points
11. Interspecific Interactions
Lions and Their Prey
Aren't Predators and Prey Supposed to Show Population Cycles?
The Savanna Landscape of Fear
Lions versus the Other Large Carnivores
Lions, Hyenas, and Possible "Trophic Cascades"
Lions versus Hyenas and the Evolution of Lion Sociality
The Lion's Place in the Web
Key Points
12. Lion Conservation
Infectious Disease
Human-Lion Conflict
Sport Hunting
Bushmeat Hunting
The Future
Key Points
Afterword
Acknowledgments
Appendix
References
Index

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