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Description: |
xvi, 312 pages : illustrations, map ; 26 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: Introduction : outlining the ecological influences of a subsidized, domesticated predator / Matthew E. Gompper -- The dog-human-wildlife interface : assessing the scope of the problem / Matthew E. Gompper -- Dogs as predators and trophic regulators / Euan G. Ritchie, Christopher R. Dickman, Mike Letnic, and Abi Tamim Vanak -- Top-dogs and under-dogs : competition between dogs and sympatric carnivores / Abi Tamim Vanak, Christopher R. Dickman, Eduardo A. Silva-Rodriguez, James R.A. Butler, and Euan G. Ritchie -- Dogs as agents of disturbance / Michael A. Weston and Theodore Stankowich -- Dog eat dog, cat eat dog : social-ecological dimensions and implications of dog predation by wild carnivores / James R.A. Butler, John D.C. Linnell, Damian Morrant, Vidya Athreya, Nicolas Lescureux and Adam McKeown -- Dogs, disease, and wildlife / Darryn Knobel, James R.A. Butler, Tiziana Lembo, Rob Critchlow, and Matthew E. Gompper -- Impact of hybridization with domestic dogs on the conservation of wild canids / Jennifer A. Leonard, Jorge Echegaray, Ettore Randi, and Carles Vilà -- Dog conservation and the population genetic structure of dogs / Ryan H. Boyko and Adam R. Boyko -- Dogs as mediators of conservation conflicts / Kurt VerCauteren, Michael Lavelle, Thomas M. Gehring, Jean-Marc Landry, and Laurie Marker -- The current and future roles of free-ranging detection dogs in conservation efforts / Deborah A. (Smith) Woollett, Aimee Hurt, and Ngaio Richards -- Hunting dogs and the extraction of wildlife as a resource / Jeremy Koster and Andrew Noss -- The human dimensions of dog-wildlife interactions / Kelly K. Miller, Euan G. Ritchie, and Michael A. Weston. |