Path of the Puma The Remarkable Resilience of the Mountain Lion

About this book

During a time when most wild animals are experiencing decline in the face of development and climate change, the intrepid mountain lion – also known as a puma, a cougar, and by many other names – has experienced reinvigoration as well as expansion of territory. What makes this cat, the fourth carnivore in the food chain – just ahead of humans – so resilient and resourceful? And what can conservationists and wild life managers learn from them about the web of biodiversity that is in desperate need of protection? Their story is fascinating for the lessons it can afford the protection of all species in times of dire challenge and decline.

Contents

Foreword by Doug Chadwick
Prologue

Chapter 1 The Chase
Chapter 2 Finding the Wild
Chapter 3 The Front
Chapter 4 In the Beginning There Was Brazil
Chapter 5 Cows Not Condos
Chapter 6 The Crown of the Continent
Chapter 7 Oh Caribou
Chapter 8 Citizen Science
Chapter 9 There's a Lion in My Backyard
Chapter 10 Down South, Way Down South
Chapter 11 Welcome to the End of the World
Chapter 12 Altered Landscape of Dreams
Chapter 13 Ranching for Wildlife
Chapter 14 Pumas Below Aconcagua
Chapter 15 Pumas and Penguins at the End of the World
Chapter 16 Kodkods and Other Cool Cats
Chapter 17 Rewilding Patagonia
Chapter 18 Road to the Park at the Bottom of the World
Chapter 19 Arcilio the Puma Tracker
Chapter 20 A Trophic Cascade of Colorful Creatures
Chapter 21 Montanagonia

Epilogue

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