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Objective: We rely on strong science to inform and develop conservation actions, towards the completion of our main objective: to assess, address and counteract threats to the survival of wolves and their Afroalpine home
Research has been the foundation of EWCP since its inception and has greatly contributed to the success of the programme (See Publications for a comprehensive list of scientific papers).
The first detailed studies in the mid 80s unveiled to the world the behaviorual ecology of these fascinating wolves, with thier complex mating and social systems.
Research continued on aspects of the wolves' ecology, genetics and population ecology, disease prevalence, and the control and ecology of domestic dogs -main reservoir of diseases that are fatal to wolves. The two newly completed doctoral thesis have expanded our knwoledge of resource partitioning among packs and the genetic structure of families and populations.
Lucy Tallents, PhD student, WildCRU. July 2005
Deborah Randall, PhD student, WildCRU. April 2005
Flavie Vial, PhD student, University of Glasgow and WildCRU
Jorgelina Marino, WildCRU. June 2005
Work led by Karen Laurenson, FZS
Work led by Karen Laurenson. In collaboration with Dan Haydon, University of Glasgow.
Work led by Dada Gottelli, Zoological Society of London
Are rodent populations in Bale regulated by competition with domestic livestock or by predation by wolves and raptors? Since 2003 in collaboration with Prof. Afework Bekele, Dr Stuart Williams, Dr Simon Thirgood, Dr Zelealem Tefera, Ermias Admassu and Anteneh Shimelis, with funding from The Peregrine Fund, Frankfurt Zoological Society, British Ecological Society.
© EWCP 2005 - A WildCRU endeavour in parternishp with Ethiopia's Wildlife Conservation Department and Regional Governments.
Chiefly funded by Born Free. Under the aegis of IUCN/SCC Canid Specialist Group.