Guest Review by Ned Gentz, MS, DVM, DACZM, Albuquerque Biological Park, Albuquerque, NM, USA (Click on stars for an explanation)

This book is Out of Print.

The preface states that this book endeavors to expose the preprofessional and professional wildlife biologist to concepts necessary for effective wildlife management. Certainly, we have come a long way since the publication of Aldo Leopold's seminal 1948 text, Game Management. This book is divided into twelve chapters: then and now (a retrospective); man and wildlife; Native American access to wildlife; biological bases for, and approaches to, management; parasites, disease, and wildlife; management systems; habitat management; species management; specialized areas of management; endangered species; environmental impact assessment; and international policies, problems, and management.

The chapter on parasites, disease, and wildlife is likely to be the one of most interest to veterinarians. The authors remind us that, historically, most wildlife biologists discounted the influence of disease and parasites on wildlife populations - but that mounting evidence now shows otherwise.

While this book is not aimed at a veterinary audience, it reads well for a text intended for classroom use, and should be of interest to any veterinarian with an interest in wildlife and wildlife issues.

Krieger Publishing Co., Malabar, Florida, USA (2001).

370 pages, soft cover.

ISBN: 1-57524-051-3.

Reviewed 6/6/2001.