SUGGESTED READING

Burrows, R. 1994. Demographic changes and social consequences in wild dogs 1964–92. In: Serengeti II: research, management and conservation of an ecosystem. (eds. Sinclair, A. R. E. and Arcese, P.). University of Chicago Press.

Chavez, D. E., Gronau, I., Hains, T. et al. 2019. Comparative genomics provides new insights into the remarkable adaptations of the African wild dog (Lycaon pictus). Sci Rep 9, 8329.

Creel S. & Creel, N. M. 1996. Limitation of African wild dogs by competition with large carnivores. Conserv. Biol. 10: 526–538.
de Villiers, M. S., van Jaarsveld, A. S., Meltzer, D. G. A., & Richardson P. R. K. 1997. Social dynamics and the cortisol response to immobilization stress of the African wild dog, Lycaon pictus. Horm. Behav. 31: 3–14.
Frame, L. Malcolm, J. R., Frame, G. W., & van Lawick, H. 1979. Social organization of African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) on the Serengeti Plains, Tanzania, 1967–1978. Z.Tierpsychol. 50: 225–249.
Frantzen, M. A., Ferguson, J. W. H., & de Villiers, M. S. 2001. The conservation role of captive African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus). Biol. Conserv. 100: 253–260.
Ginsberg, J. R. , Alexander, K. A., Creel, S. Kat, P. W., McNutt, J. W., & Mills, M. G. L. 1995. Handling and survivorship in the African wild dog (Lycaon pictus) in five ecosystems. Conserv. Biol. 9: 665–674.
Girman, D. J., Mills, M. G. L., Geffen, E., & Wayne, R. K. 1997. A molecular genetic analysis of social structure, disersal, and interpack relationships of the African wild dog (Lycaon pictus). Behav. Sociobiol. 40: 187–198.
Kingdon, J. 1977. East African mammals: An atlas of evolution in Africa. vol. 3: Part A (Carnivores). Academic Press, New York.
Lindblad-Toh, et al. 2005. Genome sequence, comparative analysis and haplotype structure of the domestic dog. Nature 438: 803–819.
Malcolm, J. R. & Marten, K. 1982. Natural selection and the communal rearing of pups in African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus). Behav. Ecol. Sociol. 10: 1–13.
McCreery, E. K. 2000. Spatial relationships as an indicator of successful pack formation in free-ranging African wild dogs. Behaviour 137: 579–590.
McCreery, E. K. & Robbins, R. L. 2001. Proximate explanations for failed pack formation in Lycaon pictus. Behaviour 138: 1467–1479.
McNutt, J. W. 1996. Sex-biased dispersal in African wild dogs, Lycaon pictus. Anim. Behav. 52: 1067–1077.
Mills, M. G. L. & Gorman, M. L. 1997. Factors affecting the density and distribution of wild dogs in the Kruger National Park. Conserv. Biol. 11: 1397–1406.

Myers, N., Mittermeier, R. A., Mittermeier, C. G., da Fonseca, G. A. B. & Kent, J. 2000. Nature 403: 853–858.

Robbins R. L. 2000. Vocal communication in free-ranging African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus). Behaviour 137:1271–1298.
Robbins R. L. & McCreery, E. K. 2003. The use of acoustic stimulation as a tool in African wild dog conservation. Biol. Conserv. 111: 263–267.
Robbins, R. L. & McCreery, E. K. 2003. African wild dog pup vocalizations with special reference to Morton's model. Behaviour 140: 333–351.
Scott, J. 1991. Painted wolves: wild dogs of the Serengeti-Mara. London: Harnish Hamilton.

 

van Lawick, H. 1973. Solo. New York: Bantam Book, Inc.