Wild Canids of North America: Policy, Ethics and Science
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Mammals".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2024 | Viewed by 398
Special Issue Editors
Interests: human-environment interaction; carnivore ecology; wild canids; fauna management; biodiversity monitoring; conservation biology; animal behavior
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Canid conservation is currently challenged by multiple crises, from climate disruptions that shift species ranges to competing coexistence needs and costs in an increasingly hot, hungry and crowded world. At the same time, scientific understanding of traditional species management is challenged by rapidly evolving knowledge regarding the hybridization of canids (particularly, gray wolves and coyotes) across North America. The opportunities to further explore, question and advance canid conservation in this contemporary context are many and much needed.
We are pleased to invite you to submit articles for consideration of a Special Issue in the journal Animals. Please read about the cross-disciplinary aims and scope of the journal here. In this Special Issue, original research articles, shorter position pieces, reviews and perspective articles, and even more creative or experimental contributions that seek to address and explore the issue are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Impacts of policies and interventions on wild canids’ ecology and wellbeing;
- Evolving understanding of genetics, (e.g., ghost alleles, hybridization) and how it informs species definitions and policy;
- Social science regarding perceptions of, values for and support for protection of canid species or hybrids;
- Ethical considerations for how and why to protect wild canids;
- Species range changes with regard to climate change, anthropogenic landscape change, rewilding; habitat suitability for endangered canid species;
- Ecosystem services and other benefits of wild canid protection;
- Critical analyses of canid policy and policy processes relative to the academic literature.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Michelle L. Lute
Dr. Francisco Santiago-Ávila
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- canid conservation
- human–wildlife conflict
- coexistence
- North America
- animal ethics
- hybridization
- genetics
- rewilding
- human dimensions
