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  • 66 chapters from more than 140 authors in Canada, Mexico, and the United States
  • Chapters published online at no cost for readers to download (currently available chapters in bold red text below)
  • Online chapters will be Early View, and at no cost, to get them into your hands more quickly
  • Hardcopies available after all chapters are published online​
  • To receive email notifications of published chapters, please contact us at [email protected]

If you are familiar with the 1987 book, Wild Furbearer Management and Conservation in North America, you know that it included 71 chapters spanning 1,150 pages and is still often referred to as the “bible for furbearer management.” However, much has changed during the past three decades.

Wildlife Ecology Institute is producing a book by the same title to provide critical and accurate information on contemporary furbearer management, including topics such as DNA data collection and analysis, recent species recovery efforts, advances in damage management, Best Management Practices for Trapping, Agreement on International Humane Trapping Standards, camera-based surveys, occupancy modeling, statistical population reconstruction, and many other topics. In addition, our book includes a comprehensive overview of current challenges to furbearer (and wildlife) management, such as ballot initiatives, socio-economic paradigm shifts, and increasing anthropogenic effects on furbearer populations.

Our team of editors has recruited more than 140 wildlife professionals from Canada, Mexico, and the United States to author 66 chapters. The benefits of this contemporary book will be far reaching for wildlife professionals, trappers and hunters, policymakers, and others interested in furbearer and wildlife management. We are proud and grateful to be leading one of the most ambitious projects related to furbearer management and conservation, and arguably also within the wildlife profession.

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Contemporary survey and
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Recovery of endangered species.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume I: History, Management, and Research

SECTION I: JURISDICTIONAL MANAGEMENT
    1. Furbearer Management in Canada
    2. Furbearer Management in Mexico (English)
    2. Manejo de Animales Peleteros en México (Español)

    3. Furbearer Management in the United States
    4. Furbearer Management by Indigenous Peoples


SECTION II: ECOLOGY
    5. Furbearer Population Ecology
    6. Habitat and Furbearers
    7.
 
Parasites and Diseases

SECTION III: CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT

    8. Furbearer Conservation in North America
    9. Harvest Data Collection

  10. Harvest Management of Furbearers
  11. Principles of Damage Management
  12. Human Dimension Surveys Associated with Furbearer
  13. Outreach and Communication of Furbearer Management


SECTION IV: APPLIED RESEARCH
  14. Sex Identification and Age Estimation of Furbearers
  15. Survey and Monitoring Methods for Furbearers
  16. Genetics for Furbearer Management and Conservation
  17. Chemical Immobilization of Furbearers
  18. GIS Applications in Furbearer Management Management
  19. Contemporary Statistical Approaches

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SECTION V: TRAPPING
  20. The Fur Trade in North America
  21. The Role of Trapping and Hunting Organizations
  22. Trapper Education in North America
  23. Advancements in Trapping Technology
  24. North American and Global Fur Markets
  25. Pelt Preparation, Handling, and Grading
  26. The Future of Trapping and Furbearer Management

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Sex identification and age estimation.
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Volume II: ​Species Ecology and Management
 
SECTION I: CANIDS
    27. Arctic Fox
    28. Coyote
    29. Gray Fox
    30. Island Fox
​    31. Kit Fox
    32. North American Wolves
    33. Red Fox
    34. Swift Fox

SECTION II: DIDELPHIDS
    35. Virginia Opossum

SECTION III; FELIDS
    36. Bobcat
    37. Canada Lynx
    38. Jaguarundi
    39. Margay
    40. Ocelot

SECTION IV: MEPHITIDS
    41. American Hog-nosed Skunk
    42. Eastern and Plains Spotted Skunks
    43. Hooded Skunk
    44. Striped Skunk
    45. Western Spotted Skunk

SECTION V: MUSTELIDS
    46. American Badger
    47. American and Pacific Marten
    48. American Mink
    49. Black-footed Ferret
    50. Fisher
    51. Greater Grison
    52. Least Weasel
    53. Long-tailed Weasel
    54. North American River Otter
    55. Sea Otter
    56. Short-tailed Weasel
    57. Tayra
    58. Wolverine

SECTION VI: PROCYONIDS
    59. Northern Raccoon
    60. Ringtail
    61. White-nosed Coati
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SECTION VII: RODENTS
    62. American Red Squirrel
    63. Muskrat
    64. North American Beaver
    65. North American Porcupine
    66. Nutria

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Harvest statistics.
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Skulls and morphometrics.
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Comprehensive information on
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Trapping tools and technology.​
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GIS and statistical analyses.
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  • Home
  • About
  • Our Team
  • Research
    • Current Research >
      • Great Lakes Muskrats and Wetlands - Phase II
      • Gray Fox Populations in Indiana
      • Kit Fox Survey and Distribution
    • Completed Research >
      • Recovery of Black-Footed Ferrets
      • Plague Management for Ferrets
      • Status of Elk in the United States
      • Greater Prairie-Chickens and Sharp-tailed Grouse
      • Sierra Nevada red fox ecology in Oregon
      • Multi-State Bobcat Populations
      • Great Lakes Muskrats and Wetlands - Phase I
      • Kit Fox Ecology
      • Best Management Practices for Trapping
      • Muskrat Transmitter Project
  • Education
    • Current >
      • Book: Wild Furbearer Management and Conservation in North America
    • Completed >
      • Black-footed Ferret Information Repository
      • STEMex Workshop
  • Our Publications
  • Contact Us