Muutke küpsiste eelistusi

Wolves of Denali [Pehme köide]

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  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 240 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 254x203x15 mm
  • Ilmumisaeg: 15-May-2003
  • Kirjastus: University of Minnesota Press
  • ISBN-10: 0816629595
  • ISBN-13: 9780816629596
Teised raamatud teemal:
  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 240 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 254x203x15 mm
  • Ilmumisaeg: 15-May-2003
  • Kirjastus: University of Minnesota Press
  • ISBN-10: 0816629595
  • ISBN-13: 9780816629596
Teised raamatud teemal:
The definitive study of this important wolf community-now in paperback.





For more than nine years the wolves in Alaskas Denali National Park were the subject of intense research by a group of renowned scientists led by L. David Mech. The result of their work is the most comprehensive study of a population of wolves and their prey ever available. This accessible, fascinating, and extensively illustrated book will appeal to researchers, general readers, and wolf enthusiasts across the world.
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1(12)
In the Shadow of the Mountain
13(14)
Technology Yields the Data
27(24)
Denali Wolf Packs
51(23)
Denali Wolf Social Ecology
74(27)
``The Wolf Is Kept Fed by His Feet''
101(20)
Patterns of Prey Selection
121(17)
The Caribou Calving Season: A Scramble for Survival
138(21)
The Denali Wolf-Prey System
159(16)
Wolves in Perpetuity
175(28)
Appendixes
1. Dispersal of Wolves from Study Packs, 1986--94
179(2)
2. Pack Histories
181(9)
3. Timelines
190(11)
4. Scientific Names of Birds and Mammals Mentioned in the Text
201(2)
Literature Cited 203(10)
Index 213


Bruce W. Dale is a wildlife biologist for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.