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Description: |
xiv, 450 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: Dramatis personae / David W. Macdonald and Claudio Sillero-Zubiri -- Ancestry / Xiaoming Wang [and others] -- Population genetics / Robert K. Wayne, Eli Geffen and Carles Vilà -- Society / David W. Macdonald, Scott Creel and Michael G.L. Mills -- Management / Claudio Sillero-Zubiri, Jonathan Reynolds and Andrés J. Novaro -- Infectious disease / Rosie Woodroffe [and others] -- Tools / Luigi Boitani, Cheryl S. Asa and Axel Moehrenschlager -- Arctic foxes / Anders Angerbjörn, Pall Hersteinsson and Magnus Tannerfeldt -- Island foxes / Gary W. Roemer -- Swift and kit foxes / Axel Moehrenschlager [and others] -- Blanford's foxes / Eli Geffen -- Red foxes / Philip J. Baker and Stephen Harris -- Raccoon dogs / Kaarina Kauhala and Midori Saeki -- Bat-eared foxes / Barbara Maas and David W. Macdonald -- Patagonian foxes / Andrés J. Novaro, Martín C. Funes and Jaime E. Jiménez -- Jackals / David W. Macdonald, Andrew J. Loveridge and Robert P.D. Atkinson -- Coyotes / Eric M. Gese -- Grey wolves -- Isle Royale / John A. Vucetich and Rolf O. Peterson -- Grey wolves -- Yellowstone / Michael K. Phillips [and others] -- Ethiopian wolves / Claudio Sillero-Zubiri [and others] -- Dholes / Arun B. Venkataraman and A.J.T. Johnsingh -- African wild dogs / Scott Creel, Michael G.L. Mills and J. Weldon McNutt -- Conservation / David W. Macdonald and Claudio Sillero-Zubiri. |
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Summary, Etc. Note: |
Summary: This work on the dog family deals with the 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 theglobe. |