Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. An Introduction to the Neotropical Carnivores: A Review
(Joseph M. Shostell1, and Manuel Ruiz-Garcia, Penn State University-Fayette, Uniontown, Pennsylvania, USA, and others)
MOLECULAR POPULAR GENETICS AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
Chapter 2. Molecular Phylogenetics of Two Neotropical Carnivores, Eira Barbara (Mustelidae) and Potos flavus (Procyonidae): No Existence of Putative Morphological Subspecies
(M. Ruiz-García, N. Lichilín-Ortiz, and M. F. Jaramillo)
Chapter 3. How are Amazon and Orinoco Rivers Related? Preliminary Results on the Comparative History, Structure and Dynamics of Giant Otters, Pteronura brasiliensis, from Western Amazonia
(B. de Thoisy, M. Ruiz-García, L. Castellanos-Mora and A. Lavergne)
Chapter 4. Phylogenetics Relationships among Four Putative Taxa of Foxes of the Pseudoalopex genus (Canidae, Carnivora) and Molecular Population Genetics of Ps. culpaeus and Ps. Sechurae
(M. Ruiz-García, D. Rivas-Sánchez and N. Lichilín-Ortiz)
Chapter 5. The Genetic Demographic History and Phylogeography of the Andean Bear (Tremarctos ornatus) by Means of Microsatellites and mtDNA markers
(M. Ruiz-García)
Chapter 6. Population Genetics of the Felid leopardus guigna in Southern South America: Identifying Intraspecific Units for Conservation
(C. Napolitano, J. Sanderson, W.E. Johnson, S. J. O’Brien, A. Rus, Hoelzel, R. Freer, N. Dunstone, K. Ritland & E. Poulin)
Chapter 7. Population Genetics and Spatial Sructure in Two Andean Cats (the Pampas cat, Leopardus pajeros and the Andean Mountain Cat, L. jacobita) by Means of Nuclear and Mitochondrial Markers and Some Notes on Skull Biometrics
(M. Ruiz-García, D. Cossíos, M. Lucherini, José Yáñez, M. Pinedo, and B. Angers)
Chapter 8. Population Genetics and Phylogeographic Analyses of the jaguarundi (Puma yagouaroundi) by Means of Three Mitochondrial Markers: The First Molecular Population Study of this Species
(M. Ruiz-García and M. Pinedo-Castro)
Chapter 9. Craneometric and Microsatellite Genetic Differentiation among Putative Ocelot Subspecies (Leopardus pardalis) throughout Latin America
(M. Ruiz-García, C. Corrales, and M. Pinedo)
Chapter 10. Determination of Microsatellite DNA Mutation Rates, Mutation Models and Mutation Bias in Four Main Felidae Lineages (European wild cat, Felis silvestris; Ocelot, Leopardus pardalis; Puma, Puma concolor; Jaguar, Panthera onca)
(M. Ruiz-García, R. García-Perea, C. Corrales, A. Murillo, D. Álvarez, M. Pinedo-Castro, and J.M. Shostell)
Chapter 11. Population Genetics and Phylogeography of the Largest Wild Cat in the Americas: An Analysis of the Jaguar by Means of Microsatellites and Mitochondrial Gene Sequences
(M. Ruiz-García, C. Vásquez, A. Murillo, M. Pinedo and D. Álvarez)
Chapter 12. Craniometric Variation in Jaguar Subspecies (Panthera onca) from Colombia
(M. Ruiz-García and E. Payán)
Chapter 13. Reproduction and Placentation in Neotropical Carnivores
(M.R. McGowen, D. Agnew and D.E. Wildman)
Chapter 14. Fossils of South American Land Carnivores (Carnivora, Mammalia)
(L. Soilbezon and F.J. Prevosti)
BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION
Chapter 15. Andean Bear Core Area Overlap in the Intag Region, Ecuador
(A.X. Castellanos)
Chapter 16. Hematology and Blood Chemistry of the Andean Bear (Tremarctos ornatus) in Ecuador: Comparative Values between Captive Zoo Bears and Rehabilitated-Free Bears
(A.X. Castellanos, L. Arias, E. Payán, M. Ruiz-García)
Chapter 17. State of the Andean Bear (Tremarctos ornatus) in Bolivia
(V. Albarracín, S. Paisley, E. Aliaga-Rossel, X. Vélez Liendo)
Chapter 18. Where Will Jaguars Roam? The Importance of Survival in Unprotected Lands
(E. Payán, C. Carbone, K. Homewood, E. Paemelaere, H. Quigley and S. Durant)
Chapter 19. The Jaguar Corridor Initiative: A Range-Wide Conservation Strategy
(K.A. Zeller, A. Rabinowitz, R. Salom-Perez, and H. Quigley)
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Chapter 20. Diversity, Distribution and Conservation of Bolivian Carnivores
(R.B. Wallace, H. López-Strauss, N. Mercado and Z.R. Porcel)
Index