Since the early 1940s, North America has been the focus of studies of free-ranging wolves. Much of Canada and most of Alaska support numerous viable and sometimes thriving wolf populations. This comprehensive text considers the behavior and ecology of wild wolves in North America, Europe, Eurasia, Israel, and Iran. It also discusses wolf behavior in captivity and methods of conservation.Behavior and Ecology of Wild Wolves in North America Ecology of Wolves in North-Central Minnesota A Preliminary Study of the Social Organization of the Vancouver Island Wolf Wolf Movements and Food Habits in Northwest Alaska Winter Predation on Bison and Activity Patterns Preliminary Investigations of the Vancouver Island Wolf Prey Relationships Gray Wolf?Brown Bear Relationships in the Nelchina Basin of South-Central Alaska Patterns of Home Site Attendance in Two Minnesota Wolf Packs Incidence of Disease and Its Potential Role in the Population Dynamics of Wolves in Riding National Park, Manitoba Behavior and Ecology of Wild Wolves in Eurasia Wolf Ecology and Management in the USSR Behavior and Structure of an Expanding Wolf Population in Karelia, Northern Europe Winter Ecology of a Pack of Three Wolves in Northern Sweden Wolf Management in Intensively Used Areas of Italy Wolves in Israel Status, Growth and Other Facets of the Iranian Wolf Behavior of Wolves in Captivity Monogamy in Wolves: A Review of the Evidence Cooperative Rearing of Simultaneous Litters in Captive Wolves A Long-Term Study of Distributed Pup Feeding in Captive Wolves Reinforcement of Cooperative Behavior in Captive Wolves Probability Learning in Captive Wolves A Wolf Pack Sociogram Conservation The IUCN-SSC Wolf Specialist Group The Apparent Extirpation and Reappearance of Wolves in the KenalÃè