Author: Durward Leon Allen
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 9780472082377
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
A lively study of the relationship between predator and prey
Wolves of Minong
Author: Durward Leon Allen
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 9780472082377
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
A lively study of the relationship between predator and prey
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 9780472082377
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
A lively study of the relationship between predator and prey
The Company of Wolves
Author: Peter Steinhart
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307798488
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 403
Book Description
As wolves return to their old territory in Yellowstone National Park, their presence is reawakening passions as ancient as their tangled relations with human beings. This authoritative and eloquent book coaxes the wolf out from its camouflage of myth and reveals the depth of its kinship with humanity, which shares this animal's complex complex social organization, intense family ties, and predatory streak.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307798488
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 403
Book Description
As wolves return to their old territory in Yellowstone National Park, their presence is reawakening passions as ancient as their tangled relations with human beings. This authoritative and eloquent book coaxes the wolf out from its camouflage of myth and reveals the depth of its kinship with humanity, which shares this animal's complex complex social organization, intense family ties, and predatory streak.
The Wolves of Denali
Author: L. David Mech
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 9780816629596
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
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.
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 9780816629596
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
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.
The Wolves of Isle Royale
Author: Rolf Olin Peterson
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 9780472032617
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
A new edition of a classic: the compelling firsthand account of an ancient predator-prey relationship---the Isle Royale wolf and moose dynamic
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 9780472032617
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
A new edition of a classic: the compelling firsthand account of an ancient predator-prey relationship---the Isle Royale wolf and moose dynamic
Man and Wolf
Author: H. Frank
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9789061936145
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9789061936145
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
Varmints and Victims
Author: Frank Van Nuys
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
ISBN: 0700621318
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
It used to be: If you see a coyote, shoot it. Better yet, a bear. Best of all, perhaps? A wolf. How we've gotten from there to here, where such predators are reintroduced, protected, and in some cases revered, is the story Frank Van Nuys tells in Varmints and Victims, a thorough and enlightening look at the evolution of predator management in the American West. As controversies over predator control rage on, Varmints and Victims puts the debate into historical context, tracing the West's relationship with charismatic predators like grizzlies, wolves, and cougars from unquestioned eradication to ambivalent recovery efforts. Van Nuys offers a nuanced and balanced perspective on an often-emotional topic, exploring the intricacies of how and why attitudes toward predators have changed over the years. Focusing primarily on wolves, coyotes, mountain lions, and grizzly bears, he charts the logic and methods of management practiced by ranchers, hunters, and federal officials Broad in scope and rich in detail, this work brings new, much-needed clarity to the complex interweaving of economics, politics, science, and culture in the formulation of ideas about predator species, and in policies directed at these creatures. In the process, we come to see how the story of predator control is in many ways the story of the American West itself, from early attempts to connect the frontier region to mainstream American life and economics to present ideas about the nature and singularity of the region.
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
ISBN: 0700621318
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
It used to be: If you see a coyote, shoot it. Better yet, a bear. Best of all, perhaps? A wolf. How we've gotten from there to here, where such predators are reintroduced, protected, and in some cases revered, is the story Frank Van Nuys tells in Varmints and Victims, a thorough and enlightening look at the evolution of predator management in the American West. As controversies over predator control rage on, Varmints and Victims puts the debate into historical context, tracing the West's relationship with charismatic predators like grizzlies, wolves, and cougars from unquestioned eradication to ambivalent recovery efforts. Van Nuys offers a nuanced and balanced perspective on an often-emotional topic, exploring the intricacies of how and why attitudes toward predators have changed over the years. Focusing primarily on wolves, coyotes, mountain lions, and grizzly bears, he charts the logic and methods of management practiced by ranchers, hunters, and federal officials Broad in scope and rich in detail, this work brings new, much-needed clarity to the complex interweaving of economics, politics, science, and culture in the formulation of ideas about predator species, and in policies directed at these creatures. In the process, we come to see how the story of predator control is in many ways the story of the American West itself, from early attempts to connect the frontier region to mainstream American life and economics to present ideas about the nature and singularity of the region.
Restoring the Balance
Author: John A. Vucetich
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 142144156X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 411
Book Description
Wolves on a wilderness island illuminate lessons on the environment, extinction, and life. For more than a quarter century, celebrated biologist John Vucetich has studied the wolves, and the moose that sustain them, of the boreal forest of Isle Royale National Park, an island in the northwest corner of Lake Superior. During this time, he has witnessed both the near extinction of the local wolf population, driven largely by climate change, and the intensely debated relocation of other wolves to the island in an effort to stabilize and maintain Isle Royale's ecosystem health. In Restoring the Balance, Vucetich combines environmental philosophy with field notes chronicling his day-to-day experience as a scientist. Examining the fate of wolves in the wild, he shares lessons from these wolves and explains their impact on humanity's fundamental responsibilities to the natural world. Vucetich's engaging narrative and unique, clear-eyed perspective provide an accessible course in wolf biology and behavioral ecology. He tackles profound unresolved questions that will shape our future understanding of what it means to be good to life on earth: Are humans the only persons to inhabit Earth, or do we share the planet with uncounted nonhuman persons? What does a healthy relationship with the natural world look like? Should we intervene in nature's course in order to care for it? Touching on the triumph and tragedy of how wolves kill moose to the Shakespearian drama of wolves' social lives, Vucetich comments on ravens, mice, winter ticks, and even a life-changing encounter he shared with a toad. Vucetich produces exquisite insight by masterfully connecting his observations to a far-reaching history of ideas about the environment. Combining natural history and memoir with fascinating commentary on humanity's relationship with nature, Restoring the Balance evokes our connections with wolves as fellow apex predators, demonstrating how our shifting views on nature have implications for both their survival and ours. This book will be treasured by any thoughtful reader looking to deepen their relationship with nature and learn about the wolves of Isle Royale along the way.
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 142144156X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 411
Book Description
Wolves on a wilderness island illuminate lessons on the environment, extinction, and life. For more than a quarter century, celebrated biologist John Vucetich has studied the wolves, and the moose that sustain them, of the boreal forest of Isle Royale National Park, an island in the northwest corner of Lake Superior. During this time, he has witnessed both the near extinction of the local wolf population, driven largely by climate change, and the intensely debated relocation of other wolves to the island in an effort to stabilize and maintain Isle Royale's ecosystem health. In Restoring the Balance, Vucetich combines environmental philosophy with field notes chronicling his day-to-day experience as a scientist. Examining the fate of wolves in the wild, he shares lessons from these wolves and explains their impact on humanity's fundamental responsibilities to the natural world. Vucetich's engaging narrative and unique, clear-eyed perspective provide an accessible course in wolf biology and behavioral ecology. He tackles profound unresolved questions that will shape our future understanding of what it means to be good to life on earth: Are humans the only persons to inhabit Earth, or do we share the planet with uncounted nonhuman persons? What does a healthy relationship with the natural world look like? Should we intervene in nature's course in order to care for it? Touching on the triumph and tragedy of how wolves kill moose to the Shakespearian drama of wolves' social lives, Vucetich comments on ravens, mice, winter ticks, and even a life-changing encounter he shared with a toad. Vucetich produces exquisite insight by masterfully connecting his observations to a far-reaching history of ideas about the environment. Combining natural history and memoir with fascinating commentary on humanity's relationship with nature, Restoring the Balance evokes our connections with wolves as fellow apex predators, demonstrating how our shifting views on nature have implications for both their survival and ours. This book will be treasured by any thoughtful reader looking to deepen their relationship with nature and learn about the wolves of Isle Royale along the way.
Societies of Wolves and Free-ranging Dogs
Author: Stephen Spotte
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107015197
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 395
Book Description
The first comprehensive assessment of societies of gray wolves and free-ranging dogs, with an emphasis on behavioral ecology.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107015197
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 395
Book Description
The first comprehensive assessment of societies of gray wolves and free-ranging dogs, with an emphasis on behavioral ecology.
Proceedings RMRS.
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forests and forestry
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forests and forestry
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Wilderness Science in a Time of Change Conference
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Wilderness areas
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Wilderness areas
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description