L. David Mech is a senior research scientist with the Biological Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey and adjunct professor in the Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology and the Department of Ecology and Behavioral Biology at the University of Minnesota. He is the author of, among other books, The Wolf : The Ecology and Behavior of an Endangered Species. Luigi Boitani is professor of conservation biology and animal ecology and head of the Department of Animal and Human Biology at the University of Rome.
He is the author of Dalla parte del lupo, coauthor of Simon and Schuster's Guide to Mammals, and coeditor of Research Techniques in Animal Ecology.