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Path of the Puma : The Remarkable Resilience of the Mountain Lion by Jim Williams (2018, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherPatagonia

ISBN-101938340728

ISBN-139781938340727

eBay Product ID (ePID)240030874

Product Key Features

Book TitlePath of the Puma : the Remarkable Resilience of the Mountain Lion

Number of Pages288 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicAnimals / Big Cats, General

Publication Year2018

IllustratorYes

GenreNature

AuthorJim Williams

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight27.5 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2018-945772

ReviewsWritten in accurate yet easy-to-understand scientific language, Williams's heartfelt and comprehensive offering will appeal not only to wildlife biologists, but to nature lovers everywhere. -- Publishers Weekly, There's a success story to be told, but it's one with a mixed outcome, he notes. "America's vast public lands, and Patagonia's newly conserved parks, are a bulwark against the crush of humanity," writes Williams. "But the trajectory--despite the recent success and expansion of Puma concolor --is toward more people and less wild nature. Predators will continue to prey on livestock. Ungulates will continue to compete for grass. Mountain lions will continue to prey on pets. Subdivisions will continue to consume habitat. Hunters will continue to compete with carnivores. Game managers will continue to be pressured by hunters." -- National Parks Traveler, "...the main purpose of Path of the Puma, according to Williams, is to 'inspire people about wild things and wild places.' To that end, the book is an absolute page-turning success.""Peppered with gorgeous wildlife photography, the book is equal parts high-stakes adventure story, personal memoir, and, of course, mountain lions. . . . Like the big cats at the heart of it, Path of the Puma is a truly exceptional and important creation." -- Santa Barbara Independent, Starred Review "The author's passion and his firsthand knowledge of his subject make the narrative highly readable. . . . A handsome book that is well-balanced, instructive, and authoritative." -- Kirkus Reviews, Jim Williams's fascinating and inspiring Path of the Puma tracks mountain lions and their place in the ecosystem, showing what can be done to preserve their habitat while enjoying our own. -- Foreword Reviews, "Suggested Episode: Path of the Puma is a great place to start and will give you a sense of the great lion of North and South America and the people who care deeply about its survival." -- UpRoxx.com (about author interview on Meateater's podcast)

Table Of ContentForeword by Doug ChadwickPrologueChapter 1 The ChaseChapter 2 Finding the WildChapter 3 The FrontChapter 4 In the Beginning There Was BrazilChapter 5 Cows Not CondosChapter 6 The Crown of the ContinentChapter 7 Oh CaribouChapter 8 Citizen ScienceChapter 9 There's a Lion in My BackyardChapter 10 Down South, Way Down SouthChapter 11 Welcome to the End of the WorldChapter 12 Altered Landscape of Dreams Chapter 13 Ranching for WildlifeChapter 14 Pumas Below AconcaguaChapter 15 Pumas and Penguins at the End of the WorldChapter 16 Kodkods and Other Cool CatsChapter 17 Rewilding PatagoniaChapter 18 Road to the Park at the Bottom of the WorldChapter 19 Arcilio the Puma TrackerChapter 20 A Trophic Cascade of Colorful CreaturesChapter 21 MontanagoniaEpilogue

SynopsisDuring 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., "These cats are like emissaries from the raw landscapes out West, probing the rest of the nation, showing us where patches of wildness remain, and bring a fuller dimension of wildness to them. It's as if they're testing to find out just what folks have in mind when they say they want to preserve natural settings. How natural? How toothy?" -- From the Foreword 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. With hands-on experience in both the Rocky Mountains and the wilds of Patagonia in South America, wildlife manager Jim Williams tracks the path of the puma, and in doing so, challenges readers to consider humans' role in this journey as well as what commitment to nature and conservation means in this day and age.

LC Classification NumberQL737.C23W5458 2018

As told toGlickman, Joe