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Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext Wild canids are fascinating ancestors of the domestic dog. This definitive book on aspects of canid biology and the conservation of wolves, dogs, jackals and foxes covers topics relevant to modern conservation science, and features detailed case studies of many canid species across the globe. A must-have 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, and engaging reading for a wide range of wolf and domestic dog enthusiasts. Zusammenfassung Dealing with aspects of the biology and conservation of wolves, dogs, jackals and foxes, this is a book on the dog family. It covers topics relevant to modern conservation science, and features case studies of canid species across the globe. It is suitable for scientists studying carnivores, predators, cooperative breeding, and social systems. 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 ...
