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The Biology and Conservation of Wild Canids
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The Biology and Conservation of Wild Canids

David W. Macdonald and Claudio Sillero-Zubiri

Abstract

This book is about the dog family, covering ancestry, population genetics, society, infectious disease, and the use of tools. Fourteen case studies examine Arctic foxes, Island foxes, Swift foxes, Blanford's foxes, Red foxes, Raccoon foxes, Bat-eared foxes, Patagonian foxes, Jackals, Coyotes, Grey wolves, Ethiopian wolves, Dholes, and African wild dogs. The concluding chapter looks at conservation issues.

Keywords: conservation, ancestry, population genetics, society, infectious disease, tools, Arctic foxes, jackals, coyotes, Grey wolves

Bibliographic Information

Print publication date: 2004 Print ISBN-13: 9780198515562
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: September 2007 DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198515562.001.0001

Authors

Affiliations are at time of print publication.

David W. Macdonald, Editor
University of Oxford

Claudio Sillero-Zubiri, Editor
University of Oxford