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9780816629596

The Wolves of Denali

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  • ISBN13:

    9780816629596

  • ISBN10:

    0816629595

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2003-05-01
  • Publisher: Univ of Minnesota Pr

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Summary

For more than nine years the wolves in Alaska's 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.

Author Biography

L. David Mech is a senior-research scientist with the Biological Resources Division of the U.S. Geological Survey Layne G. Adams is a research biologist with the U.S. Geological Survey's Alaska Science Center in Anchorage, Alaska Thomas J. Meier is a wolf recovery biologist for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Kalispell, Montana John W. Burch is a wildlife biologist for Gates of the Arctic National Park and Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve in Alaska Bruce W. Dale is a wildlife biologist for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game

Table of Contents

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

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