Meet the editor

Marco Ferretti obtained a PhD in Animal Production, Health and Food Hygiene in the Mediterranean Climate Countries from the University of Pisa (2010); a master's degree in Sciences and Management of Wildlife and Environmental Resources from the University of Florence (2006); and a bachelor's degree in Protection and Management of Wildlife Resources from the University of Florence (2001). From 1999 to 2008 he worked as a freelancer

in the field of wildlife conservation and management, population dynamics, animal behavior, zoology, ecology, biology, agronomy, forestry, statistics, GIS, and wildlife and environmental law. From 2008 to 2015 Dr. Ferretti worked at the Wildlife Management office in the province of Pistoia. Since 2016 he has worked at the Wildlife Management Office in Tuscany.

Contents

**Section 1**

Protected Areas in Nepal

and Management Practices

*and Mohammed Kamal Hossain*

*David A. Ray, John C. Zak and Richard D. Stevens*

Cheetahs Race for Survival: Ecology and Conservation

*by Md Akhter Hossain, Rajib Mahmud, Nikhil Chakma* 

Wild Fodder Yielding Plants in the Protected Areas of Bangladesh

*by Carla Neves Machado, Leonor Orge, Isabel Pires, Adelina Gama, Alexandra Esteves, Ana Paula Mendonça, Ana Matos, Anabela Alves, Carla Lima, Estela Bastos, Fernanda Seixas, Filipe Silva, João Carlos Silva,* 

*Luis Figueira, Madalena Vieira-Pinto, Maria De Lurdes Pinto,* 

*and Rabin Kadariya*

*by Guiming Zhang*

*by Laurie Marker*

**Section 2**

and Control

**Preface III**

Wildlife Management **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

**Chapter 2 19**

**Chapter 3 39**

**Chapter 4 53**

**Chapter 5 73**

Wildlife Diseases **101**

**Chapter 6 103** TSE Monitoring in Wildlife Epidemiology, Transmission, Diagnosis, Genetics

Wildlife Population Monitoring Study among Endangered Animals at

*by Amir Sadaula, Yagya Raj Pandeya, Yogendra Shah, Dhan Kumar Pant* 

Integrating Citizen Science and GIS for Wildlife Habitat Assessment

Ecology of Feral Pigeons: Population Monitoring, Resource Selection,

*by Erin E. Stukenholtz, Tirhas A. Hailu, Sean Childers, Charles Leatherwood, Lonnie Evans, Don Roulain, Dale Townsley, Marty Treider, R. Neal Platt II,* 
