Deer of the World, 1st ed. 2024
Ecology, Conservation and Management
Fascinating Life Sciences Series

This book is the first comprehensive reference work ever published on the systematics, ecology, conservation status and management of all the world's deer species.

Covering all 54 deer species worldwide, this volume brings together the contributions of 130 international deer experts and provides:

• A comprehensive overview of the current state of knowledge on deer evolution, phylogeny and systematics
• A comprehensive understanding of the ecology and conservation status of each species, with detailed accounts
• A series of case studies on conservation, management, hunting, farming, and the impact of deer on forest ecosystems

This beautifully illustrated book is an invaluable resource for researchers, wildlife managers and students in conservation biology, ecology and management, as well as interested laypeople. It reveals the fascinating story of deer evolution, the long history of interactions between humans and deer, and the main threats to this charismatic species group.

Part I. Systematics, Evolution and Behaviour.- Phylogeny and Systematic of Cervidae.- The Extinction of Pleistocene Deer.- Evolutionary Meaning of Antlers.- Part II Species Accounts.- European Fallow Deer (Dama Dama).- Persian Fallow Deer (Dama Mesopotamica).- Hangul Deer/Tarim Red Deer (Cervus hangul).- Wapiti (Cervus Canadensis).- Sika Deer (Cervus Nippon).- Red Deer (Cervus Elaphus).- Javan Deer (Rusa Timorensis).- Sambar Deer (Rusa Unicolor).- Visayan Spotted Deer/Philippine Spotted Deer (Rusa Alfredi).- Philippine Deer (Rusa Marianna).- Pére David’s Deer (Elaphurus Davidianus).- Eld’s Deer (Rucervus Eldii).- Bawean Deer (Axis Kuhlii).- Hog Deer (Axis Porcinus).- Chital/Axis Deer (Axis Axis).- Calamian Deer (Axis Calamianensis).- Barasingha (Rucervus Duvaucelii).- Black Muntjac (Muntiacus Crinifrons).- Bornean Yellow Muntjac (MuntiacusAtherodes).- Fea’s Muntjac (Muntiacus Feae).- Southern Red Muntjac (Muntiacus Muntjac).- Gongshan Muntjac (Muntiacus Gongshanensis).- Leaf Muntjac (Muntiacus Putaoensis).- Annamite Muntjac (Muntiacus Truongsonensis).- Roosevelt’s Muntjac (Muntiacus Rooseveltorum).- Lange-Aantlered Muntjac (Muntiacus Vuquangensis).- Reeves’s Muntjac (Muntiacus Reevesi).- Puhoat Muntjac (Muntiacus Puhoatensis).- Northern Red Muntjac (Muntiacus Vaginalis).- Sumatran Mountain Muntjac (Muntiacus Montanus).- Tufted Deer (Elaphodus Cephalophus).- Peruvian/Common Dwarf Brocket (Mazama Chunyi).- Gray Brocket (Mazama Gouazoubira).- North Andean Huemul/Taruca (Hippocamelus Antisensis).- South Andean Huemul/Patagonian Huemul (Hippocamelus Bisulcus).- Pampas Deer (Ozotocerus Bezoarticus).- Amazonian Brown Brocket (Mazama Nemorivaga).- Southern Pudu (Pudu Puda).- Marsh Deer(Blastocerus Dichotomus).- Red Brocket (Mazama Americana).- Brazilian Dwarf Brocket (Mazama Nana).- Small Red Brocket (Mazama Bororo).- Central American Red Brocket (Mazama Temama).- Mule Deer (Odocoileus Hemionus).- White Tailed Deer (Odocoileus Virginianus).- Yucatan Brown Brocket (Mazama Pandora).- Dwarf Red Brocket (Mazama Rufina).- Reindeer/Caribou (Rangifer Tarandus).- Northern Pudu (Pudu Mephistophiles).- Roe Deer (Capreoleus Capreoleus).- Siberian Roe Deer (Capreoleus Pygargus).- Water Deer (Hydropotes Inermis).- Moose (Alces Alces).- Part III. Conservation and Management.- Deer Conservation in Asia and South America.- Conservation Genetics of Deer.- Disease of Cervids.- Impact of Hunting on Deer Populations.- Status and Management of Non-native Deer.- Impact of Deer on Forest Conservation.- Deer Farming: History, Economical Importance and Welfare.

Mario Melletti is an Italian freelance wildlife biologist and a member of the African Buffalo Initiative Group and Wild Pig Specialist Group, both part of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. During his PhD studies, he was affiliated with the Department of Animal and Human Biology at the University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Italy, and with the Department of Conservation Biology of the Estación Biólogica de Doñana (CSIC-EBD) Seville, Spain. For the past 10 years he has been researching the ecology and behaviour of the forest buffalo in Central Africa. Mario has also studied several other large mammals and has been involved in several projects and surveys on mammals and birds in Africa and Europe, working in several African countries including Burkina Faso, the Central African Republic, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa. He is the editor of several books on large mammal conservation and management and has authored about 60 scientific publications.

Stefano Focardi is senior researcher at the Institute for Complex Systems of the CNR in Florence, Italy, where he leads the large mammal research team. Furthermore, he is professor of Vertebrate Zoology at the University of Florence, and Invited Professor at the University of Lyon, France. Moreover, he will also lead a collaboration with INRA in Toulouse, France. He authored 110 scientific articles and 26 documents on environmental management. He is also scientific coordinator of EUROBOAR, a European organization for research on the biology of wild boar, and an active member of the EURODEER INITIATIVE. He is a specialist in the biology of roe deer and fallow deer and has organized several international meetings on these two cervid species. His current research interests include ungulate demography, avian and mammalian movement ecology and population assessment.