Tapirs of the World: Ecology, Conservation and Management

這本精美插圖的書籍是全球首部全面介紹四種貘（tapir）物種的著作，填補了科學文獻中的空白。書中提供了有關所有貘物種的系統學、系譜學、演化、生態、保育和管理的資訊。

本書旨在吸引廣泛的讀者群，包括研究人員、野生動物管理者、動物學家、保育生物學家、生態學家、獸醫、動物園工作人員、學生以及環境政策制定者。

​Mario Melletti is an Italian freelance wildlife biologist and a member of the African Buffalo Initiative Group and the Wild Pig Specialist Group, both of the IUCN SSC. During his Ph.D. and M.Sc. studies, he was affiliated with the Department of Animal and Human Biology, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy, and the Department of Conservation Biology, Estación Biólogica de Doñana (CSIC-EBD), Seville, Spain. For about 3 years he has been studying the ecology and behavior of the forest buffalo in Central Africa. Mario has conducted research on other large mammals and has participated in some projects and surveys on large mammals in several African countries. In 2010, he began editing books on mammalian biology, conservation, and management. He has edited a total of seven books and about 70 scientific publications.

Rafael Reyna-Hurtado is a Mexican biologist who has been studying tropical ungulates in Mesoamerica since 1997. Rafael received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation from the University of Florida, USA. He also conducted a three-year postdoctoral study at McGill University, Montreal, Canada, focusing on East African terrestrial forest mammals. Rafael's research has focused on the movement ecology of social species, particularly the white-lipped peccary in the Calakmul forest of Mexico and the giant forest hog in Kibale National Park, Uganda. Rafael is a professor at El Colegio de la Frontera Sur in the city of Campeche, southern Mexico, where he has formed a team of highly qualified students who are conducting studies on the movement patterns of tropical ungulates throughout Mesoamerica. Rafael has published more than 100 scientific journal articles and book chapters, 20 of which focus on the ecological or population aspects of the Baird's tapir.

Patrícia Medici is a Brazilian conservationist whose main professional interests are tapir conservation, tropical forest conservation, landscape ecology, and communication. Patrícia has a Bachelor's Degree in Forestry Sciences from the São Paulo University (USP - Universidade de São Paulo), a Master's Degree in Wildlife Ecology, Conservation and Management from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG - Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais), Brazil, and a Ph.D. Degree in Biodiversity Management from the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE), University of Kent, United Kingdom. For over three decades, Patrícia has been working for a Brazilian non-governmental organization called IPÊ - Instituto de Pesquisas Ecológicas (Institute for Ecological Research) of which she was one of the founding members in 1992. Since 1996, Patrícia coordinates the Lowland Tapir Conservation Initiative (LTCI) and dedicates her life to the conservation of tapirs and their remaining habitats in Brazil. Since 2000, Patrícia has been the Chairperson of the IUCN SSC Tapir Specialist Group (TSG), a network of over 100 tapir conservationists from 25 different countries worldwide. Patrícia is a TED Fellow since 2014 and a National Geographic Explorer since 2019. She has been honored with several prestigious conservation awards: Harry Messel Conservation Leadership Award from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (2004); Future for Nature Award from the Future for Nature Foundation in the Netherlands (2008); Whitley Award from the Whitley Fund for Nature in the United Kingdom (2008); Columbus Zoo Commitment to Conservation Award (2017); William G. Conway International Conservation Award - Significant Achievement (2018); National Geographic Society / Buffett Award for Leadership in Conservation (2019); Whitley Gold Award from the Whitley Fund for Nature in the United Kingdom (2020); and, WINGS Women of Discovery Award (2024).

馬里奧·梅萊蒂（Mario Melletti）是一位意大利自由職業的野生動物生物學家，並且是非洲水牛倡議小組和野豬專家小組的成員，這兩者均隸屬於IUCN SSC。在他的博士和碩士研究期間，他曾隸屬於意大利羅馬大學「拉薩比恩扎」的動物與人類生物學系，以及西班牙塞維利亞的多尼亞納生物站（CSIC-EBD）的保育生物學系。近三年來，他一直在研究中非森林水牛的生態和行為。馬里奧還對其他大型哺乳動物進行了研究，並參與了幾個非洲國家的大型哺乳動物項目和調查。2010年，他開始編輯有關哺乳動物生物學、保育和管理的書籍。他已編輯了七本書和約70篇科學出版物。

拉斐爾·雷納-胡塔多（Rafael Reyna-Hurtado）是一位墨西哥生物學家，自1997年以來一直在中美洲研究熱帶有蹄類動物。拉斐爾在美國佛羅里達大學獲得野生動物生態與保育的碩士和博士學位。他還在加拿大蒙特利爾的麥吉爾大學進行了為期三年的博士後研究，專注於東非陸地森林哺乳動物。拉斐爾的研究重點是社會物種的移動生態，特別是墨西哥卡拉克穆爾森林中的白唇貘和烏干達基巴萊國家公園中的巨型森林豬。拉斐爾是墨西哥南部坎佩切市的南邊界學院（El Colegio de la Frontera Sur）的教授，他組建了一支高素質的學生團隊，正在研究中美洲熱帶有蹄類動物的移動模式。拉斐爾已發表超過100篇科學期刊文章和書籍章節，其中20篇專注於貝爾德貘的生態或種群方面。

帕特里西亞·梅迪奇（Patrícia Medici）是一位巴西保育專家，其主要專業興趣包括貘的保育、熱帶森林保育、景觀生態學和溝通。帕特里西亞擁有聖保羅大學（USP - Universidade de São Paulo）的林業科學學士學位，巴西米納斯吉拉斯聯邦大學（UFMG - Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais）的野生動物生態、保育與管理碩士學位，以及英國肯特大學杜雷爾保育與生態研究所（DICE）的生物多樣性管理博士學位。三十多年來，帕特里西亞一直在巴西的一個非政府組織IPÊ - Instituto de Pesquisas Ecológicas（生態研究所）工作，她是該組織的創始成員之一，成立於1992年。自1996年以來，帕特里西亞負責低地貘保育倡議（LTCI），並將她的生活奉獻給巴西貘及其剩餘棲息地的保育。自2000年以來，帕特里西亞一直擔任IUCN SSC貘專家小組（TSG）的主席，該小組是一個由來自25個不同國家的100多位貘保育專家組成的網絡。自2014年以來，帕特里西亞成為TED Fellow，並自2019年以來成為國家地理探險家。她獲得了多項著名的保育獎項，包括：國際自然保護聯盟的哈利·梅塞爾保育領導獎（2004年）；荷蘭未來自然基金會的未來自然獎（2008年）；英國自然基金會的惠特利獎（2008年）；哥倫布動物園保育承諾獎（2017年）；威廉·G·康威國際保育獎 - 重大成就（2018年）；國家地理學會/巴菲特保育領導獎（2019年）；英國自然基金會的惠特利金獎（2020年）；以及WINGS女性探索獎（2024年）。