BIOLOGY & CONS WILD CANIDS P

Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-0-19-851556-2
Verlag: ACADEMIC

Buch, Englisch, 464 Seiten, Format (B × H): 189 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 1006 g

This is a definitive book on the dog family, dealing with many aspects of the biology and conservation of wolves, dogs, jackals and foxes. It covers many topics relevant to modern conservation science, and features detailed case studies of many canid species across the globe. A must-have book for all scientists studying carnivores, predators, cooperative breeding, and social systems. A useful text for both undergraduate and graduate courses in behavioural ecology and conservation biology. Wild canids are the ancestors of the domestic dog and there are a large number of wolf and domestic dog enthusiasts who will be engaged by the contents of this book.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Macdonald, David W.

Sillero-Zubiri, Claudio

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Wirbeltiere (Vertebrata) Säugetiere (Mammalia) Meeres- und Süßwassersäuger
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Wirbeltiere (Vertebrata) Säugetiere (Mammalia) Primaten
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltschutz, Umwelterhaltung
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Wirbeltiere (Vertebrata) Säugetiere (Mammalia) Beuteltiere (Monotremen)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Part I Reviews:

- 1: Macdonald and Sillero-Zubiri: Dramatis personae

- 2: Wang, Tedford, Van Valkenburgh and Wayne: Ancestry

- 3: Wayne, Geffen and Vila: Population genetics

- 4: Macdonald, Creel and G. Mills: Society

- 5: Sillero-Zubiri, Reynolds and Novaro: Management

- 6: Woodroffe, Cleaveland, Courtenay, Laurenson and Artois: Infectious disease

- 7: Boitani, Asa and Moehrenschlager: Tools

- Part II Case Studies

- 8: Angerbjorn, Hersteinsson and Tannerfeldt: Arctic foxes

- 9: Roemer: Island foxes

- 10: Moehrenschlager, Cypher, Ralls, List and Sovada: Swift foxes

- 11: Geffen: Blanford's foxes

- 12: Baker and Harris: Red foxes

- 13: Kauhala and Saeki: Raccoon dogs

- 14: Maas and Macdonald: Bat-eared foxes

- 15: Novaro, Funes and Jimenez: Patagonian foxes

- 16: Macdonald, Loveridge and Atkinson: Jackals

- 17: Gese: Coyotes

- 18: Vucetich and Peterson: Grey wolves -- Isle Royale

- 19: Phillips, Bangs, Mech, Kelly and Fazio: Grey wolves -- Yellowstone

- 20: Sillero-Zubiri, Marino, Gottelli and Macdonald: Ethiopian wolves

- 21: Venkataraman and Johnsingh: Dholes

- 22: Creel, M. Mills and McNutt: African wild dogs

- Conclusions

- 23: Macdonald and Sillero-Zubiri: Conservation

- References

Über Autor(innen)

David W. Macdonald is the Director of Oxford University's Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WildCRU); and Senior Research Fellow at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. He is also A.D. White Professor at Cornell University, New York, USA.

He is on the Council of English Nature, is Vice President (and Council member) of Zoological Society of London, is Vice President of the Wildlife Trusts and of the RSPCA. Originally his thesis was on a wild canid, the red fox, and that work won the ZSL's Huxley Medal.

He is also the Chair of the IUCN Canid Specialist Group.

Claudio Sillero-Zubiri is one of WildCRU's longest-serving conservation biologists. He is also the Deputy Chair of the IUCN Canid Specialist Group and received the Royal Geographical Society's Whitley Award for his work protecting the endangered Ethiopian Wolf.