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The Canid Specialist Group is composed of 75 experts, representing 28 countries Iand with experience in many more. These people serve as honorary advisors to the CSG in their personal capacities, but bring with them the experience and knowledge gained in their professional careers. CSG membership is rapidly expanding and is open to anhyody actively involved in canid conservation and research. For contact information about any CSG members, please e-mail the CSG at canids@zoo.ox.ac.uk).

There is a separate Wolf Specialist Group concerned specifically with gray and red wolves (Canis lupus and C. rufus).


Updated: 3 August 2006

Volunteer Staff:

Chair: Claudio Sillero-Zubiri (WildCRU, University of Oxford, UK)

Projects Officer: Jed Murdoch (WildCRU, University of Oxford, UK)

Red List Authority: Michael Hoffman (IUCN Species Survival Commission, Washington, D.C., USA)

Canid News Assistant Editor: Candy d'Sa (The Animal Behaviour Centre, UK)

Webmaster: Jim Scarff (Berkeley, CA, USA)

Core Members:

Advisor to the Chair: David W. Macdonald (WildCRU, University of Oxford, UK) (Member emeritus of the IUCN Species Survival Commission)

Anders Angerbjörn (Dept of Zoology, Stockholm University, Sweden)
Cheryl Asa (Saint Louis Zoo, U S A)
Luigi Boitani (Instituto di Zoologia 'Federico Faraelle', Universita di Roma, Italy)
Todd Fuller (Dept. of Natural Resources and Conservation, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA)
Eli Geffen (Zoology Department, Tel Aviv University, Israel)
Karen Laurenson (Centre for Tropical Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh, UK)
Rurik List (Instituto de Ecologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico)
M.G.L. (Gus) Mills (SAN Parks/Endangered Wildlife Trust, South Africa)
Andres Novaro (Centro de Ecologia Aplicada del Neuquén, Wildlife Conservation Society, Argentina)
Robert Wayne (Dept. Organismic Biology, Ecology & Evolution, University of California, Los Angeles, USA)
Rosie Woodroffe (Dept. Wildlife, Fish & Conservation Biology, University of California, Davis, USA) 

Members:

Marc Artois (Unit Microbiologie et Pathologie Infectieuse, Ecole Nationale Vetrinaire de Lyon, France)
Lu Carbyn (Canadian Wildlife Service, Canada)
Anne Carlson (USA/Zambia)
Guillaume Chapron (Laboratoire d'Ecologie, Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, France)
Sarah Cleaveland (Centre for Tropical Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh, UK)
Laurence K. (Laurie) Corbett (EWL Sciences Pty Ltd, Australia)
Orin Courtenay (Dept. of Biological Sciences, University of Warwick, UK)
Scott Creel (Department of Ecology, Montana State University, USA)
Fabrize Cuzin (EPHE, Montpellier, France/Morocco)
Brian L. Cypher (Endangered Species Recovery Program, California State UniversityStanislaus, USA)
Julio C. Dalponte (UNEMAT, Brazil)
Koenraad De Smet (Afdeling Natuur, Ministry of Environment, Nature and Energy, Belgium)
Karen DeMatteo (Dept. of Biology, University of Missouri - St. Louis, USA)
Leon Durbin (Dhole Conservation Project, UK)
Amir Mahdi Ebrahimi (Iran)
Ozgun Emre Can (WWF, Turkey)
Martin C. Funes (Centro de Ecologia Aplicada del Neuquén, Wildlife Conservation Society, Argentina)        
Eric M. Gese (Nature Wildlife Research Center, Utah State University, USA)
Joshua R. Ginsberg (Wildlife Conservation Society, USA)
Dada Gottelli (Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society London, UK)
Simon Hedges (Indonesia Program, Wildlife Conservation Society, UK)
Pall Hersteinsson (Institute of Biology, University of Iceland)
Yadvendradev V. Jhala (Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Wildlife Institute of India)
Jaime E. Jiménez (Laboratorio de Ecologia, Universidad de los Lagos, Chile)
Asir J.T. Johnsingh (Wildlife Institute of India and Nature Conservation Foundation, India)
Warren E. Johnson (Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute, USA)
Kaarine Kauhala (Evo Game Research Station, Finnish Game & Fisheries Research Institute, Finland)
Janice Koler-Matznick (New Guinea Singing Dog Conservation Society,   USA)
Maria Renata Leite Pitman (Center for Tropical Conservation, Duke University, USA)
Peter Lindsey (Save Valley Conservancy, Zimbabwe)
Mauro Lucherini (Mammal Behavioural Ecology Group, Universidad Nacional del Sur, Argentina)
James Malcolm (Department of Biology, University of Redlands, USA/Ethiopia)
Jorgelina Marino (WildCRU, University of Oxford, UK)
E. Kim McCreery (African Wild Dog Conservancy, USA)
J. Weldon (Tico) McNutt (Botswana Predator Conservation Program, Botswana)
Patricia D. Moehlman (Arusha, Tanzania)
Axel Moehrenschlager (Conservation Research, Calgary Zoo, Canada)
Linda Munson (School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, USA)
Jan A. J. Nel (Dept. of Zoology, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa)
Nikita G. Ovsyanikov (Institute of Evolutionary Animal Morphology & Ecology, Academy of Science, Russia)
Megan Parker (Dept. of Wildlife Biology, University of Montana,  USA)
Marie-Lazarine Poulle (Centre d'Etudes et de Formation Eco-Ethologie (CERFe), France)
Deborah Randall (WildCRU, University of Oxford, UK/Ethiopia)
Gregory Rasmussen (WildCRU, University of Oxford, UK/Zimbabwe)
Jaime R. Rau (Dept. de Ciencias Basicas, Universidad de los Lagos, Chile)
Melissa Rodden (NZP Conservation & Research Center, Smithsonian's National Zoological Park, USA)
Flávio H. G. Rodrigues (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais & Instituto Pro-Carnivoros, Brazil)
Gary W. Roemer (Dept. of Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences, New Mexico State University, USA)
Midori Saeki (National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management, Japan)
Marsha Sovada (Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center, US Geological Survey, USA)
Chris Stuart (African Arabian Wildlife Research Centre, South Africa)
Micaela Szykman (Dept. of Wildlife, Humboldt State University, USA)
Denise Taylor (Education 4 Conservation / UK Wolf Conservation Trust, UK)
Zelealem Tefera Ashenafi (Frankfurt Zoological Society, Ethiopia)
Blaire Van Valkenburgh (Dept. Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, USA)
Arun Venkataraman (CITES/MIKE, New Delhi, India)
Jean-Marc Weber (KORA, Switzerland)
Paula A. White (University of California, Los Angeles, USA)
Gerry Zuercher (Kansas Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit, Kansas State University, USA)


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