PreliminaryThis volume provides comprehensive overviews of each European carnivore species biology including palaeontology, physiology, genetics, reproduction and development, ecology, habitat, diet, mortality and age determination. Their economic significance and management, as well as future challenges for research and conservation are also addressed. Each chapter includes a distribution map, a photograph of the animal and key literature. This authoritative volume of the Handbook of the Mammals of Europe is a timely and detailed compilation of all European Carnivora and will appeal to academics, students and professionals in mammal research.

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EDUCATIONMaster degree in Biological Sciences (1981, University Sapienza of Rome). PhD in Evolutionary Biology (1992, University Sapienza of Rome). Research Scientist since 2000 at University of Molise, Associate Professor of Zoology since 2007 at University of Molise. RESEARCH INTERESTSBehavioural ecology of terrestrial vertebrates, Systematics and geographic variation of Mammals, Geometric Morphometrics, Wildlife Management, Conservation biology, Spatial modelling of vertebrates.