Juan Carlos Blanco

Dr Blanco is a biologist with a Ph.D. in Animal Ecology and has been studying wolves in Spain since 1987. He is an advisor to the Ministry of the Environment on the Coordinated Plan for Wolf Conservation in Spain. He is the Director of the Projecto Lobo, Madrid.

Dr. Blanco is a world renowned expert on wolves in the Iberian Peninsula. An important part of his research has focused on wolf adaptation to highly disturbed habitats. He authored various books and articles on wolf biology, human attitudes and conservation of ecosystems inhabited by wolves. Here follows a list of some selected publications:

Blanco, J. C. and Cortés, Y. 2007. Dispersal patterns, social structure and mortality of wolves living in agricultural habitats in Spain. Journal of Zoology 273: 114-124.
Blanco, J.C., Cortés, Y. and Virgós, E. 2005. Wolf response to two kinds of barriers in an agricultural habitat in Spain. Canadian Journal of Zoology 83: 312-323.
Blanco, J.C. and Cortés, Y. 2002. Ecología, censos, percepción y evolución del lobo en España: análisis de un conflicto. Sociedad Española para la Conservación y Estudio de los Mamíferos, Málaga, 176 pp.
Blanco, J.C., Reig, S. and Cuesta, L. 1992. Distribution, status and conservation problems of the wolf Canis lupus in Spain. Biological Conservation, 60: 73-80.
Blanco, J.C. and González, J.L. 1992. Libro rojo de los vertebrados de España [Red List of Endangered Vertebrates in Spain]. Ed. I.C.O.N.A. Ministerio de Agricultura, Madrid.