Research Catalog

Title

Canids : foxes, wolves, jackals, and dogs : status survey and conservation action plan / edited by Claudio Sillero-Zubiri, Michael Hoffmann and David W. Macdonald (IUCN/SSC Canid Specialist Group).

Publication

Gland, Switzerland : IUCN--The World Conservation Union, 2004.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Hoffmann, Michael.
• IUCN/SSC Canid Specialist Group. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n94016615
• Macdonald, David W. (David Whyte)
• Sillero-Zubiri, Claudio.

Description

x, 430 p. : ill., maps; 28 cm.

Series Statement

IUCN/SSC action plans for the conservation of biological diversity

Alternative Title

• Canids, foxes, wolves, jackals, and dogs
• Foxes, wolves, jackals, and dogs

Subjects

• Rare mammals
• Endangered species
• Wildlife conservation
• Canidae

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-403).

Additional Formats (note)

• Also issued online.

Contents

Executive summary -- Introduction / C. Sillero-Zubiri and D.W. Macdonald -- Phylogeny, classification, and evolutionary ecology of the canidae / Wang Xiaoming, R.H. Tedford, B. Van Valkenburgh, and R.K. Wayne -- Species status accounts / edited by M. Hoffmann and C. Sillero-Zubiri -- Species status accounts: an introduction / M. Hoffmann and C. Sillero-Zubiri -- South America (Neotropical) -- Central and North America (Nearctic) -- Europe and North and Central Asia (Palearctic) -- Sub-Saharan Africa (Ethiopian) -- North Africa and the Middle East (Ethiopian) -- South Asia--South of the Himalaya (Oriental) -- Australia and Oceania (Australasian) -- Major issues in canid conservation -- Canid sociology: a brief overview / D.W. Macdonald -- Conservation genetics of canids / R.K. Wayne, E. Geffen and C. Vila -- Assessing and managing infectious disease threats to canids / M.K. Laurenson, S. Cleaveland, M. Artois and R. Woodroffe -- Management of wild canids in human-dominated landscapes / C. Sillero-Zubiri and D. Switzer -- Evaluating and predicting the impacts of exploitation and trade on canid populations / W.E. Johnson -- Survey and census techniques for canids / E.M. Gese -- Captive canid conservation / K.L. Bauman, C.S. Asa, J. Grisham and W. Verberkmoes -- Canid reintroductions and metapopulation management / A. Moehrenschlager and M.J. Somers -- Conservation education and its relevance to wild canids / D. Taylor -- Action plan for canid conservation into the 21st century -- Some considerations for setting priorities and measuring success for canid conservation / M.G.L. Mills -- Action plan for canid conservation into the 21st century / C. Sillero-Zubiri, D.W. Macdonald and the Canid and Wolf Specialist Groups -- Appendix 1. List of canids on the 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species -- Appendix 2. IUCN Red List categories and criteria, version 3.1 / prepared by the IUCN Species Survival Commission as approved by the 51st meeting of the IUCN Council, Gland, Switzerland, 9 February 2000 -- Appendix 3. List of contributors addresses -- Appendix 4. List of reviewers and project contacts -- Appendix 5. Canid Specialist Group resources.

ISBN

• 2831707862
• 9782831707860

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library