xxi, 524 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps (chiefly col.) ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Asia
Date:
2010
Notes:
First ed. published as: Tigers of the world : the biology, biopolitics, management, and conservation of an endangered species / edited by Ronald L. Tilson, Ulysses S. Seal. Park Ridge, N.J. : Noyes Publications, c1987.
Contents:
Fifty years in the tiger world : an introduction / Peter Jackson -- What is a tiger? : ecology and behavior / Mel Sunquist -- What is a tiger? : genetics and phylogeography / Shu-Jin Luo ... [et al.] -- What is a tiger? : biogeography, morphology, and taxonomy / Andrew C. Kitchener and Nobuyuki Yamaguchi -- Will the tiger survive in India? / Belinda Wright -- Poaching and poisoning of tigers in Sumatra for the domestic market / Ronald Tilson ... [et al.] -- Partnering to stop poaching : developing cross-sector strategic responses to wildlife poaching / Steven Galster, William Schaedla, and Tim Redford -- Panthera tigris vs Homo sapiens : conflict, coexistence, or extinction / Philip J. Nyhus and Ronald Tilson -- Setting priorities for tiger conservation : 2005-2015 / Eric W. Sanderson ... [et al.] -- The Terai Arc Landscape : a tiger conservation success story in a human-dominated landscape / Eric Wikramanayake ... [et al.] -- Collaboration and partnerships are essential to sustain wild tiger populations / Kae Kawanishi and John Seidensticker -- The Cat Specialist Group and tigers / Peter Jackson, Urs Breitenmoser, and Christine Breitenmoser-Würsten -- Save the Tiger Fund's grant-making strategy for recovering wild tiger populations / Brian Gratwicke, Mahendra Shrestha, and John Seidensticker -- Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund / Fred Bagley -- Why keep tigers in zoos? / Sarah Christie -- History and function of US sanctuaries / Tammy Quist Thies -- Thirteen thousand and counting : how growing captive tiger populations threaten wild tigers / Philip J. Nyhus, Ronald Tilson, and Michael Hutchins -- Non-invasive survey methods for assessing tiger populations / K. Ullas Karanth and James D. Nichols -- Tiger telemetry / John Goodrich and Dale G. Miquelle -- Scent-matching dogs : a new tool for identifying wild tigers / Linda L. Kerley and Galina P. Salkina -- The science and art of managing tigers in captivity / Kathy Traylor-Holzer -- How many wild tigers are there? : an estimate for 2008 / John Seidensticker, Brian Gratwicke, and Mahendra Shrestha -- This heaven and this earth : will India keep its promise to Panthera tigris? / Bittu Sahgal and Jennifer Scarlott -- Status and conservation of tigers in the Indian subcontinent / A.J.T. Johnsingh, Bivash Pandav, and M.D. Madhusudan -- Securing the future for Nepal's tigers : lessons from the past and present / James L. David Smith ... [et al.] -- Tigers of the Sundarbans / Tessa McGregor -- Tigers and people in the Malay world : four centuries of confrontation and coexistence in comparative Asian perspective / Peter Boomgaard -- Costs and benefits of sustaining wild tigers in Cambodia : a strategic economic perspective / Peter Cutter and Sun Hean -- The Malayan tiger / Kae Kawanishi ... [et al.] -- The biology and politics of Sumatran tigers : crash of the conservation Garuda / Ronald Tilson and Philip J. Nyhus -- The claws of a dilemma : can big business contribute to tiger conservation in Indonesia? / Tom Maddox -- Science-based conservation Amur tigers in the Russian Far East and northeast China / Dale G. Miquelle ... [et al.] -- Tiger education in the Primorsky region of Russia / Irina Belim -- King of the hundred beasts : a long view of tigers in southern China / Chris Coggins -- Yin and yang of tiger conservation in China / Ronald Tilson, Philip J. Nyhus, and Jeff R. Muntifering -- Tiger restoration and biodiversity refugia in Asia : 'picking up' the pieces / Jeff R. Muntifering ... [et al.] -- The struggle to save the last South China tigers / Kathy Traylor-Holzer, Xie Zhong, and Yin Yuzhong -- Tiger farms and pharmacies : the central importance of China's trade policy for tiger conservation / Kristin Nowell -- Tigers, economics, and the regulation of trade / Michael 't Sas-Rolfes -- Roads to recovery or catastrophic loss : how will the next decade end for wild tigers? / Eric Wikramanayake ... [et al.] -- The next 20 years of tiger science, politics, and conservation / Philip J. Nyhus and Ronald Tilson
