Wolf conservation in Portugal and the new millenium: New directions after 25 years of research

Francisco Petrucci-Fonseca, Centro de Biologia Ambiental, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, C2 - 3 Piso, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal

The wolf in Portugal is threatened with extinction, and its range still faces regression, especially in the southern marginal part. In this region, the wolf population is now fragmented, having lost its continuity both with the northern Portuguese population and with the Spanish one. In this presentation, the last 25 years of wolf studies and conservation efforts in Portugal are analyzed, and new directions concerning wolf recovery and human-wolf interactions in the next millenium are discussed.