Originally published in English as White-Tailed Deer Habitat: Ecology and Management on Rangelands (Texas A&M University Press, 2005), this Spanish-language edition brings a valuable management tool to a new reading audience. Unlike other books on white-tailed deer in places where rainfall is relatively high and the environment stable, this book takes an ecological approach to deer management in the semiarid lands of Oklahoma, Texas, and northern Mexico. These are the least productive of white-tail habitats, where periodic drought punctuates long-term weather patterns. The book’s focus on this landscape across political borders is one of its original and lasting contributions and makes this Spanish language edition particularly appropriate.

Miguel Rodríguez es costarricense, Bachiller en Biología de la Universidad de Costa Rica, Licenciado en Ciencias Forestales con especialidad en Manejo de Vida Silvestre de la Universidad Nacional. Ha laborado para el Ministerio del Ambiente y Energía desde 1978, ocupando diferentes cargos como Investigador de campo, Director de Vida Silvestre y Coordinador de Áreas Silvestres Protegidas en las Áreas de Conservación Pacífico Central y Cordillera Volcánica Central. Es Profesor de los cursos de Fauna de Costa Rica y Espacios Naturales Protegidos en la Sede Central de la Universidad Técnica Nacional desde año el 2006. Ha publicado importantes artículos científicos en revistas especializadas y es coeditor del libro Manejo del Venado Cola Blanca en México y Costa Rica (EUNA 1995). Actualmente ocupa el cargo de Asesor de la Dirección Ejecutiva del Sistema Nacional de Áreas de Conservación, Ministerio del Ambiente y Energía.

Winner of the Wildlife Society Outstanding Edited Book Award for 2013! Winner of the Texas Chapter of The Wildlife Society Outstanding Book Award for 2011! Winner of a CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Award for 2011! Biology and Management of White-tailed Deer organizes and presents information on the most studied large mammal species in the world. The book covers the evolutionary history of the species, its anatomy, physiology, and nutrition, population dynamics, and ecology across its vast range (from central Canada through northern South America). The book then discusses the history of management of white-tailed deer, beginning with early Native Americans and progressing through management by Europeans and examining population lows in the early 1900s, restocking efforts through the mid 1900s, and recent, overabundant populations that are becoming difficult to manage in many areas. Features: Co-published with the Quality Deer Management Association Compiles valuable information for white-tailed deer enthusiasts, managers, and biologists Written by an authoritative author team from diverse backgrounds Integrates white-tailed deer biology and management into a single volume Provides a thorough treatment of white-tailed deer antler biology Includes downloadable resources with color images The backbone of many state wildlife management agencies' policies and a featured hunting species through much of their range, white-tailed deer are an important species ecologically, socially, and scientifically in most areas of North America. Highly adaptable and now living in close proximity to humans in many areas, white-tailed deer are both the face of nature and the source of conflict with motorists, home-owners, and agricultural producers. Capturing the diverse aspects of white-tailed deer research, Biology and Management of White-tailed Deer is a reflection of the resources invested in the study of the species’ effects on ecosystems, predator-prey dynamics, population regulation, foraging behavior, and browser physiology.

El venado cola blanca (Odocoileus virginianus) es un animal silvestre que habita prcticamente en todo el Continente Americano. En Mxico, prcticamente en todo el pas, excepto en la Pennsula de Baja California. Tiene alrededor de 500,000 aos en su forma actual y 20 millones de evolucin. Econmicamente, es considerado el trofeo de cacera mayor ms importante en todo el mundo. Presenta dimorfismo sexual al mostrar diferencias de forma, coloracin y tamao entre machos y hembras. Tiene hbitos crepusculares, pueden encontrarse en grupos de 2 a 6 y hasta 15 individuos. Tiene un rgano conocido como vomeronasal. Es un rgano auxiliar del sentido del olfato que le da al venado un sexto sentido y que es usado principalmente durante el apareamiento, para detectar sustancias secretadas por las hembras. Tiene hgado, pero no tiene vescula biliar. Su carne es magra y bajo contenido de colesterol. Es rumiante y herbvoro. Forrajea la vegetacin para consumir hojas, brotes, frutos y semillas, as como hongos. El hbitat se encuentra prcticamente en todos los hbitats, siempre que estos le proporcionen suficiente refugio y alimento. No es comn en las partes ms secas y abiertas del matorral xerfilo ni en las partes ms densas y hmedas del bosque tropical perennifolio. Los microbios en el rumen, adems de que sintetizan las vitaminas hidrosolubles del complejo B y la K que es liposoluble, hacen posible que el venado obtenga nutrientes que no son disponibles a los animales no rumiantes y convierten nitrgeno no proteico a protena bacteriana, rica en aminocidos.

Mexico is the fourteenth largest country in the world and ranks fifth in biodiversity. Located in the transition zone between the temperate and tropical regions of North and South America, Mexico is an important migratory corridor for wildlife and also provides wintering habitat for several species of bats, monarch butterflies, and temperate North American nesting birds. Mexico faces several challenges to wildlife management and conservation efforts. While there is increased public education and acknowledgment of the valuable benefits wildlife provides, there is still much work to do to incentivize conservation efforts. Fortunately, there is growing recognition that Mexico’s wildlife resources can be a critical component in the rural economic development of the country. Bringing together an international team of wildlife experts across North America, Wildlife Ecology and Management in Mexico provides information on the status, distribution, ecological relationships, and habitat requirements and management of the most important game birds and mammals in Mexico. It also reviews current threats and challenges facing wildlife conservation as well as strategies for resolving these issues. This reference is a valuable tool for wildlife biologists, wildlife management professionals, and anyone interested in conserving Mexico’s wealth of natural resources. By laying out the challenges to conservation research, editors Raul Valdez and J. Alfonso Ortega-S. hope to encourage interdisciplinary communication and collaboration across borders.