Ludwig "Lu" Norbert Carbyn is an internationally recognized expert on

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biology,Holubitsky, J. (1999) "Dancing with wolves: The man who dared to go amid the pack". ''Edmonton Journal.'' 5 September 1999. a research scientist emeritus at the

Canadian Wildlife Service The Canadian Wildlife Service or CWS (french: Service canadien de la faune), is a Branch of the Department of the Environment (Environment and Climate Change Canada), a department of the Government of Canada. November 1, 2012 marked the 65th ann ...

, and an adjunct professor at the

University of Alberta The University of Alberta, also known as U of A or UAlberta, is a Public university, public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It was founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford,"A Gentleman of Strathcona – Alexande ...

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. He has studied wolf

ecology Ecology () is the study of the relationships between living organisms, including humans, and their physical environment. Ecology considers organisms at the individual, population, community, ecosystem, and biosphere level. Ecology overl ...

and behaviour in

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since 1970, including pioneering research into the ecological role of wolves as predators in the Canadian Rocky Mountains and great plains as well as the wolf-bison ecosystem of

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. On a Canadian Wildlife Service assignment in

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, he became the first human to study wild wolves from within a wolf pack using

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, a method of gaining insights into the biology of wolves portrayed in fiction by Farley Mowat's popular book and film, '' Never Cry Wolf''. Carbyn has conducted research on the ecology of various species of

canids Canidae (; from Latin, ''canis'', " dog") is a biological family of dog-like carnivorans, colloquially referred to as dogs, and constitutes a clade. A member of this family is also called a canid (). There are three subfamilies found within ...

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, and throughout North America, and was the chairman of the successful Canadian

Swift Fox The swift fox (''Vulpes velox'') is a small light orange-tan fox around the size of a domestic cat found in the western grasslands of North America, such as Montana, Colorado, New Mexico, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. It also lives in southern M ...

Reintroduction program Recovery Team from 1989 to 1993. He has published six books and numerous articles about wolves, including ''The Buffalo Wolf - Predators, Prey and the Politics of Nature'' (2003,

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) which was distinguished as "Best of the Year - Wildlife" in 2004 by the

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magazine. In 2013, Carbyn received the

Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal The Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal (french: Médaille du jubilé de diamant de la reine Elizabeth II) or The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal was a commemorative medal created in 2012 to mark the 60th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's ...

for services to wildlife conservation in Canada.Government of Alberta
"Diamond Jubilee Medal"
. Retrieved on 22 February 2013.

Education

*B.A., Biology, Mount Allison University (1963) *M.Sc., Zoology,

(1967) *Ph.D., Zoology,

University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public university, public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park (Toronto), Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 ...

(1975)

References

External links

University of Alberta faculty page
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