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Carnivores in Ecosystems: The Yellowstone Experience (Yale University Press, 1999), edited by Tim Clark, Peyton Curlee, Steven Minta & Peter Kareiva, pulls together all of the information from the extensive studies on carnivores in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem over the last forty years. After surveying individual species, conservation genetics, and ecosystem dynamics, the book closes with a thorough look at the history and theory of carnivore ecology, setting the stage for major improvements in carnivore and ecosystem conservation in the near future. For purchasing information, visit Yale University Press.

 

Steve Minta, Ph.D.

Steve MintaSteve is retired from the research faculty in wildlife ecology at the Environmental Studies Board, University of California, Santa Cruz. His most recent research was a long-term project to develop both large-scale monitoring methods for carnivores and a predictive approach for relating landscape attributes to carnivore distribution in the western Yellowstone. He received his doctorate on carnivore ecology and research methods from UC Davis.