Evaluating the Taxonomic Status of the Mexican Gray Wolf and the Red Wolf (2019)
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EGGERT, University of Missouri DIANE GENEREUX, Broad Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University MICHAEL LYNCH (NAS), Arizona State University JESÚS E. MALDONADO, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, National Zoological Park RASMUS NIELSEN, University of California, Berkeley Staff KEEGAN SAWYER, Study Director, Board on Life Sciences CAMILLA YANDOC ABLES, Senior Program Officer, Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources JENNA BRISCOE, Research Assistant, Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources ROBERT POOL, Editor Prepublication Copy v Copyright National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Evaluating the Taxonomic Status of the Mexican Gray Wolf and the Red Wolf BOARD ON LIFE SCIENCES Chair JAMES P. COLLINS, Arizona State University Members A. ALONSO AGUIRRE, George Mason University ENRIQUETA C. BOND (NAS), Burroughs Wellcome Fund DOMINIQUE BROSSARD, University of Wisconsin–Madison ROGER D. CONE (NAS, NAM), University of Michigan NANCY D. CONNELL, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security SEAN M. DECATUR, Kenyon College JOSEPH R. ECKER (NAS), Howard Hughes Medical Institute SCOTT V. EDWARDS (NAS), Harvard University GERALD L. EPSTEIN, National Defense University ROBERT J. FULL, University of California, Berkeley ELIZABETH HEITMAN, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center MARY E. MAXON, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab ROBERT NEWMAN, Independent Consultant STEPHEN J. O’BRIEN (NAS), Nova Southeastern University CLAIRE POMEROY (NAM), The Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation MARY E. POWER (NAS), University of California, Berkeley SUSAN RUNDELL SINGER, Rollins College LANA SKIRBOLL, Sanofi DAVID R. WALT (NAE, NAM), Harvard Medical School Staff FRAN SHARPLES, Director JO HUSBANDS, Senior Scholar KATHERINE BOWMAN, Senior Program Officer KEEGAN SAWYER, Senior Program Officer ANDREA HODGSON, Program Officer AUDREY THEVENON, Program Officer JESSICA DE MOUY, Senior Program Assistant KOSSANA YOUNG, Senior Program Assistant vi Prepublication Copy Copyright National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Evaluating the Taxonomic Status of the Mexican Gray Wolf and the Red Wolf BOARD ON AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES Chair CHARLES W. RICE, Kansas State University, Manhattan Members SHANE C. BURGESS, University of Arizona, Tucson SUSAN CAPALBO, Oregon State University, Corvallis GAIL CZARNECKI-MAULDEN, Nestlé Purina PetCare, St. Louis, MO GEBISA EJETA, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN JAMES S. FAMIGLIETTI, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena FRED GOULD (NAS), North Carolina State University, Raleigh DOUGLAS B. JACKSON-SMITH, The Ohio State University, Wooster JAMES W. JONES (NAE), University of Florida, Gainesville STEPHEN S. KELLEY, North Carolina State University, Raleigh JAN E. LEACH, Colorado State University, Fort Collins JILL J. MCCLUSKEY, Washington State University, Richland KAREN I. PLAUT, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN JIM E. RIVIERE (NAM), Kansas State University, Manhattan Staff ROBIN A. SCHOEN, Director CAMILLA YANDOC ABLES, Senior Program Officer KARA N. LANEY, Senior Program Officer JENNA BRISCOE, Research Assistant Prepublication Copy vii Copyright National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Evaluating the Taxonomic Status of the Mexican Gray Wolf and the Red Wolf Copyright National Academy of Sciences. All