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082 0 0 _a599.7
_bBIO
100 _aMacdonald, David W.
_eedt
245 0 4 _aThe biology and conservation of wild canids /
260 _aOxford ;
_aNew York :
_bOxford University Press,
_c2004.
300 _axiv, 450 p. :
_bill., maps ;
505 _aPART I REVIEWS: ; 1. Dramatis personae ; 2. Ancestry ; 3. Population genetics ; 4. Society ; 5. Management ; 6. Infectious disease ; 7. Tools ; PART II CASE STUDIES ; 8. Arctic foxes ; 9. Island foxes ; 10. Swift foxes ; 11. Blanford's foxes ; 12. Red foxes ; 13. Raccoon dogs ; 14. Bat-eared foxes ; 15. Patagonian foxes ; 16. Jackals ; 17. Coyotes ; 18. Grey wolves - Isle Royale ; 19. Grey wolves - Yellowstone ; 20. Ethiopian wolves ; 21. Dholes ; 22. African wild dogs ; CONCLUSIONS ; 23. Conservation ; REFERENCES
520 _aNo group of wild mammals so universally captures the emotions of people world-wide than do wild canids. That emotion can be enchantment and fascination, but it can also be loathing, because the opportunism that is the hallmark of the dog family also leads them into conflict with humans. This book brings a synthesis of research done on wild canids.
650 0 _aWild dogs.
650 0 _aConservation biology.
700 1 _aMacdonald, David W.
700 1 _aSillero-Zubiri, Claudio.
856 4 2 _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0620/2004302419-d.html
856 4 1 _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0640/2004302419-t.html
942 _cREF