David Macdonald is Director of the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit in the Department of Zoology at Oxford University.Andrew Loveridge is a career wildlife biologist and conservationist. He is a member of the IUCN/SSC Canid Specialist Group and African Lion Working Group.

• PART I - REVIEWS; PART II - CASE STUDIES; PART III - CONCLUSIONS

... surely destined to be the key reference point on a subject which is currently featuring high on international agendas for conservation priorities ... This global coverage ... encompassing both the large and small felids, is especially refreshing, and results in an almost encyclopaedic coverage. It could serve as a model for reference works on other groups of organisms of conservation importance.

David Macdonald is Director of the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit in the Department of Zoology at Oxford University.Andrew Loveridge is a career wildlife biologist and conservationist. He is a member of the IUCN/SSC Canid Specialist Group and African Lion Working Group.

• PART I - REVIEWS; PART II - CASE STUDIES; PART III - CONCLUSIONS

... surely destined to be the key reference point on a subject which is currently featuring high on international agendas for conservation priorities ... This global coverage ... encompassing both the large and small felids, is especially refreshing, and results in an almost encyclopaedic coverage. It could serve as a model for reference works on other groups of organisms of conservation importance.

David Macdonald is Director of the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit in the Department of Zoology at Oxford University.Andrew Loveridge is a career wildlife biologist and conservationist. He is a member of the IUCN/SSC Canid Specialist Group and African Lion Working Group.

• PART I - REVIEWS; PART II - CASE STUDIES; PART III - CONCLUSIONS

... surely destined to be the key reference point on a subject which is currently featuring high on international agendas for conservation priorities ... This global coverage ... encompassing both the large and small felids, is especially refreshing, and results in an almost encyclopaedic coverage. It could serve as a model for reference works on other groups of organisms of conservation importance.