The African Wild Dog: Behavior, Ecology, and Conservation

by Scott Creel and Nancy Marusha Creel

Book Overview

With only 5,000 surviving, the African wild dog (Lycaon pictus) is one of the world's most endangered large carnivores--and one of the most remarkable. This comprehensive portrait of wild dogs incorporates previously scattered information with important new findings from a six-year study in Tanzania's Selous Game Reserve, Africa's largest protected area.

The book emphasizes ecology, concentrating on why wild dogs fare poorly in protected...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691016542
• ISBN13: 9780691016542
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"