New Era for Wolves and People

Marco Musiani is an associate professor of landscape ecology at the University of Calgary and is also affiliated with the University of Montana. He was born in Rome, the city of the famous she-wolf, and has conducted research and published internationally on wolf management. Currently, his research focuses on genetics and movements of wolves and other large mammals in Canada and the United States. Luigi Boitani is the head of the Department of Animal and Human Biology at the University of Rome and a leading authority on wolves. He has conducted an extended series of research and conservation projects on the Italian wolf population, which has recovered dramatically in the last thirty years. He has authored more than two hundred peer-reviewed scientific publications and eight books. Paul Paquet is an adjunct professor with the faculties of Biology and Environmental Design at the University of Calgary. Dr. Paquet has studied wolves for more than thirty-five years and is considered an authority on carnivore ecology with international research experience. He has published more than a hundred peer-reviewed articles. Dr. Paquet serves on various international government and NGO advisory committees and was the founder and director of the Central Rockies Wolf Project in Canmore, Alberta. Luigi Boitani is the head of the Department of Animal and Human Biology at the University of Rome and a leading authority on wolves. He has conducted an extended series of research and conservation projects on the Italian wolf population, which has recovered dramatically in the last thirty years. He has authored more than two hundred peer-reviewed scientific publications and eight books.

• List of TablesList of Figures Biographies of Editors, Contributing Authors, and Artists (drawings and photos of wild wolves only) AcknowledgementsIntroduction - Newly Recovering Wolf Populations Produce New Trends in Human Attitudes and Policy Marco Musiani, Luigi Boitani, and Paul C. Paquet Section I - Art and Science in Management Plans for Recovering, Recolonizing and Reintroducing Wolves 1.1 Wolf Management across Europe: Species Conservation without Boundaries Luigi Boitani and Paolo Ciucci 1.2 Ecological and Social Constraints of Wolf Recovery in Spain Juan Carlos Blanco and Yolanda Cortés1.3 Grey Wolf Conservation in the Great Lakes Region of the United States Adrian P. Wydeven, Randle L. Jurewicz, Timothy R. Van Deelen, John Erb, James H. Hammill, Dean D. Byer Jr., Brian Roell, Jane E. Widenhoeft, and David A. Weitz 1.4 The Art of Wolf Restoration in the Northwestern United States: Where to Now? Ed Bangs, Mike Jimenez, Carolyn Sime, Steve Nadeau, and Curt MackSection II - Human Cultures and Ethics Influencing Recovering Wolves2.1 Ethical Reflections on Wolf Recovery and Conservation: A Practical Approach for Making Room for Wolves Camilla H. Fox and Marc Bekoff 2.2. Compensation and Non-lethal Deterrent Programs: Building Tolerance for Wolf Restoration in the Rockies Suzanne A. Stone 2.3 Education as a Conservation Strategy: Exploring Perspective Transformation Denise Taylor 2.4 Working with People to Achieve Wolf Conservation in Europe and North America Alistair J. Bath Literature Citedcolour Photos Index