Author(s): Marco Musiani, Luigi Boitani, Paul Paquet
Series: Energy, Ecology and Environment
Publisher: University of Calgary Press
Year: 2010
Language: English
Pages: 434
Cover
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Title
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CONTENTS......Page 6
Biographies for Editors, Contact Authors, and Artists......Page 26
Introduction ± The Key Role Played by Wolves in Community Ecology and Wildlife Management Planning......Page 36
Section 1 Rediscovering the Real Wolf Role of Wolves in Natural and Semi-natural Ecosystems......Page 48
1.1 Recent Advances in the Population Genetics of Wolf-like Canids......Page 50
1.2 What, If Anything, Is a Wolf?......Page 76
1.3 Wolf Community Ecology: Ecosystem Effects of Recovering Wolves in Banff and Yellowstone National Parks......Page 104
1.4 Will the Future of Wolves and Moose Always Differ from our Sense of Their Past?......Page 158
Section II
Wolves’ Role in Wildlife Management Planning: Human Impacts in Protected Wolf Populations, Hunting, and Removal of Wo......Page 190
2.1 Influence of Anthropogenically Modified Snow Conditions on Wolf Predatory Behaviour......Page 192
2.2 The Recolonizing Scandinavian Wolf Population: Research and Management in Two Countries......Page 210
2.3 Synthesizing Wolf Ecology and Management in Eastern Europe: Similarities and Contrasts with North America......Page 242
2.4 Wolf Ecology and Management in Northern Canada: Perspectives from a Snowmobile Wolf Hunt......Page 270
2.5 Livestock Husbandry Practices Reduce Wolf Depredation Risk in Alberta, Canada......Page 296
