2020 Wolf Management Proceeding

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PR (Wolf 2020): 037 - Grateful Prey: Rock Cree Human-Animal Relationships (ABSTRACT)

The interaction between religious beliefs and hunting practices among the Asiniskawidiniwak or Rock Crees of northern Manitoba is the focus of Robert Brightman's detailed study. 

Key words: Asiniskawidiniwak or Rock Cree, northern Manitoba, interactions between spiritual beliefs and hunting practices, human-animal relationships and differences.

PR (Wolf 2020): 030 - A population estimator based on network sampling of tracks in the snow (ABSTRACT)

The article discusses a technique developed to use stratified network sampling to sample animal tracks in the snow and to obtain to population estimates.

Key words: aerial survey, Canis lupus, furbearer, gray wolf, large scale, network sampling, population estimation, probability sampling, snow, tracks.

PR (Wolf 2020): 029 - Cultural dimension of wolves in the Iberian Peninsula: implications of ethnozoology in conservation biology (ABSTRACT)

The coexistence between pastoral communities and wolves has given origin to a rich ethnographic heritage, expressed in myths and legends, practices related to medical uses of wolf parts, and constructions for hunting wolves. This article assesses such cultural dimension through interviews with inhabitants, field prospecting and a literature review.

Key words: Iberian Peninsula, wolves, ethnography, oral tradition, rural architecture, traditional knowledge, wildlife management, human-wolf conflict.