Jackals, Golden Wolves, and Honey Badgers - Cunning, Courage, and Conflict With Humans

This book explores the fascinating and complex lives of the honey badger, the African jackals (black-backed jackal and side-striped), African golden wolves and Eurasian golden jackals. It will interest researchers, scientists, and students in wildlife conservation, human-wildlife relations, zoology, biology and environmental science.

Table des matières

1. Jackals and Golden Wolves 2. Origins and evolution of jackals and golden wolves 3. From the end of the Pleistocene to the start of the Common Era (CE) 4. Jackals and humans in Africa in the pre-colonial era 5. The jackals of Eurasia 6. Africa from colonisation to 1960 7. Black-backed jackals and related species in contemporary Africa 8. Honey badgers: Dramatis Personae 9. Origins, evolution and history of the honey badger 10. Honey Badgers in the contemporary world

A propos de l'auteur

Keith Somerville is a Member of the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology at the University of Kent, UK, where he is a professor at the Centre for Journalism. He is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, a Fellow of the Zoological Society of London, UK, and a Member of the IUCN CEESP/SSC Sustainable Use and Livelihoods Specialist Group, and a fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

Résumé

This book explores the fascinating and complex lives of the honey badger, the African jackals (black-backed jackal and side-striped), African golden wolves and Eurasian golden jackals. It will interest researchers, scientists, and students in wildlife conservation, human-wildlife relations, zoology, biology and environmental science.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Keith Somerville
• Edition: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 15.11.2022
• EAN: 9781032059082
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3205908-2
• Pages: 266
• Thème: Routledge Studies in Conservation and the Environment
• Catégories: Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Biologie > Zoologie; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sociologie > Théories sociologiques; NATURE / Animals / General, Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, NATURE / Ecology, NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / Deserts, NATURE / Animals / Wildlife, NATURE / Animals / Mammals, NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / Wilderness, Animals & society, Conservation of wildlife & habitats, Animal behaviour, Animals and society, Animal Ecology, Ethology and animal behaviour, Conservation of wildlife and habitats, Zoology: Mammals, Zoology: mammals (mammalogy)