Wild equids :  ecology, management, and conservation / 
edited by Jason I. Ransom and Petra Kaczensky. 
 - Baltimore :  Johns Hopkins University Press,  (c)2016. 
 - 1 online resource (viii, 229 pages) :  illustrations, maps. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>1. Equus : an ancient genus surviving the modern world /  Part I. Ecology. 2. Social organization of wild equids /  Part II. History and management. 7. Genetics and paleogenetics of equids /  Part III. Conservation. 12. Status and conservation of threatened equids /  Epilogue /  Jason I. Ransom and Petra Kaczensky --  Lee Boyd, Alberto Scorolli, Haniyeh Nowzari, and Amos Bouskila ; 3. Behavior of horses, zebras, and asses /  Sarah R.B. King, Cheryl Asa, Jan Pluháček, Katherine Houpt, and Jason I. Ransom ; 4. Habitat and diet of equids /  Kathryn A. Schoenecker, Sarah R.B. King, Megan K. Nordquist, Dejid Nandintsetseg, and Qing Cao ; 5. Equids and ecological niches : behavioral and life history variations on a common theme /  Daniel I. Rubenstein, Qing Cao, and Justine Chiu ; 6. Wild and feral equid population dynamics /  Jason I. Ransom, Laura Lagos, Halszka Hrabar, Haniyeh Nowzari, Dorj Usukhjargal, and Natalia Spasskaya --  Eva-Maria Geigl, Shirli Bar-David, Albano Beja-Pereira, E. Gus Cothran, Elena Giulotto, Halszka Hrabar, Tsendsuren Oyunsuren, and Mélanie Pruvost ; 8. The roles of humans in horse distribution through time /  Sandra L. Olsen ; 9. Human dimensions of wild equid management : exploring the meanings of "wild" /  John D.C. Linnell, Petra Kaczensky, and Nicolas Lescureux ; 10. Management of free-roaming horses /  Cassandra M.V. Nuñez, Alberto Scorolli, Laura Lagos, David Berman, and Albert J. Kane ; 11. Wild equid captive breeding and management /  Mandi Wilder Schook, David M. Powell, and Waltraut Zimmermann --  Patricia D. Moehlman, Sarah R.B. King, and Fanuel Kebede ; 13. Challenges and opportunities for conserving equid migrations /  L. Stefan Ekernas and Joel Berger ; 14. Reintroduction of wild equids /  Petra Kaczensky, Halszka Hrabar, Victor Lukarevskiy, Waltraut Zimmermann, Dorj Usukhjargal, Oyunsaikhan Ganbaatar, and Amos Bouskila --  Jason I. Ransom and Petra Kaczensky. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781421419107 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Equidae.<br/>Wild horses.<br/>Horses.<br/>Zebras.<br/>Asses.<br/>Ecology.<br/>Management.<br/>Equidae--Ecology.<br/>Equidae--Conservation.<br/>Wildlife management.<br/>Conservation.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QL737  / .W553 2016