L. David Mech und Luigi Boitani (Hrsg.): Wolves (2003/2007)

›Behavior, Ecology and Conservation‹

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2003
2007

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University of Chicago Press

Wolves - Behavior, Ecology and Conservation ist eine Aufsatzsammlung, die von L. David Mech und Luigi Boitani herausgegeben wurde. Der Band umfasst 13 Kapitel, in denen jeweils ein Experte spezifische Themen wie Verhalten, Kommunikation, Ökologie und Schutz der Wölfe darstellt.

Das erstmals im Jahr 2003 erschienene Buch von Mech und Boitani gilt als Standardwerk, das den aktuellen Forschungsstand umreisst und in der Breite der dargebotenen Informationen konkurrenzlos ist; aus unverständlichen Gründen wurde das Werk bisher nicht ins Deutsche Übersetzt. Immerhin macht die im Februar 2007 erschienene preiswerte Paperback-Ausgabe die Beiträge einem breiteren Personenkreis zugänglich (vgl. gebundene Ausgabe).

Das englischsprachige Paperback hat einen Umfang von 472 Seiten und erschien im Februar 2007 bei University of Chicago Press (ISBN 0226516970).

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Aus der Buchbeschreibung des Verlags:

Wolves are some of the world's most charismatic and controversial animals, capturing the imaginations of their friends and foes alike. Highly intelligent and adaptable, they hunt and play together in close-knit packs, sometimes roaming over hundreds of square miles in search of food. Once teetering on the brink of extinction across much of the United States and Europe, wolves have made a tremendous comeback in recent years, thanks to legal protection, changing human attitudes, and efforts to reintroduce them to suitable habitats in North America.

As wolf populations have rebounded, scientific studies of them have also flourished. But there hasn't been a systematic, comprehensive overview of wolf biology since 1970. In Wolves, many of the world's leading wolf experts provide state-of-the-art coverage of just about everything you could want to know about these fascinating creatures. Individual chapters cover wolf social ecology, behavior, communication, feeding habits and hunting techniques, population dynamics, physiology and pathology, molecular genetics, evolution and taxonomy, interactions with nonhuman animals such as bears and coyotes, reintroduction, interactions with humans, and conservation and recovery efforts. The book discusses both gray and red wolves in detail and includes information about wolves around the world, from the United States and Canada to Italy, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Israel, India, and Mongolia. Wolves is also extensively illustrated with black and white photos, line drawings, maps, and fifty color plates.

Unrivalled in scope and comprehensiveness, Wolves will become the definitive resource on these extraordinary animals for scientists and amateurs alike.

Beiträge

Foreword - George Rabb

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction

Chapter 1 - Wolf Social Ecology - L. David Mech and Luigi Boitani
Chapter 2 - Wolf Behavior: Reproductive, Social, and Intelligent - Jane M. Packard
Chapter 3 - Wolf Communication - Fred H. Harrington and Cheryl S. Asa
Chapter 4 - The Wolf as a Carnivore - Rolf O. Peterson and Paolo Ciucci
Chapter 5 - Wolf-Prey Relations - L. David Mech and Rolf O. Peterson
Chapter 6 - Wolf Population Dynamics - Todd K. Fuller, L. David Mech, and Jean Fitts Cochrane
Chapter 7 - The Internal Wolf: Physiology, Pathology, and Pharmacology - Terry J. Kreeger
Chapter 8 - Molecular Genetic Studies of Wolves - Robert K. Wayne and Carles Vilá
Chapter 9 - Wolf Evolution and Taxonomy - Ronald M. Nowak
Chapter 10 - Wolf Interactions with Non-prey - Warren B. Ballard, Ludwig N. Carbyn, and Douglas W. Smith
Chapter 11 - Restoration of the Red Wolf - Michael K. Phillips, V. Gary Henry, and Brian T. Kelly
Chapter 12 - Wolves and Humans - Steven H. Fritts, Robert O. Stephenson, Robert D. Hayes, and Luigi Boitani
Chapter 13 - Wolf Conservation and Recovery - Luigi Boitani