Keith Somerville

Jackals, Golden Wolves, and Honey Badgers

Cunning, Courage, and Conflict with Humans

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the fascinating and complex lives of the honey badger, the African jackals (black-backed jackal and side-striped), African golden wolves and Eurasian golden jackals. It will interest researchers, scientists, and students in wildlife conservation, human-wildlife relations, zoology, biology and environmental science.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 266
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. November 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 576g
• ISBN-13: 9781032059082
• ISBN-10: 1032059087
• Artikelnr.: 64620075

Autorenporträt

Keith Somerville is a Member of the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology at the University of Kent, UK, where he is a professor at the Centre for Journalism. He is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, a Fellow of the Zoological Society of London, UK, and a Member of the IUCN CEESP/SSC Sustainable Use and Livelihoods Specialist Group, and a fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Jackals and Golden Wolves 2. Origins and evolution of jackals and golden
wolves 3. From the end of the Pleistocene to the start of the Common Era
(CE) 4. Jackals and humans in Africa in the pre-colonial era 5. The jackals
of Eurasia 6. Africa from colonisation to 1960 7. Black-backed jackals and
related species in contemporary Africa 8. Honey badgers: Dramatis Personae
9. Origins, evolution and history of the honey badger 10. Honey Badgers in
the contemporary world