Perennial bestseller about the re-indroduction of wolves in Yellowstone, numerous color photos.

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1. Verfasser:	Halfpenny, James (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Blue Ridge Summit Riverbend Publishing 2003
Ausgabe:	1st ed.
Schlagworte:	Wolf Yellowstone National Park > Region Wildlife reintroduction Wolves
Zusammenfassung:	Perennial bestseller about the re-indroduction of wolves in Yellowstone, numerous color photos. Yellowstone Wolves in the Wild -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE: TO SEE A WOLF -- INTRODUCTION: THE MAGIC OF YELLOWSTONE'S WOLVES -- KNOWING THE WOLVES -- The first wolves -- Keeping track of the wolves -- Population -- Numbers not names -- The lessons learned -- THE TERRITORIAL IMPERATIVE -- Territory size -- Scent marking -- Territorial battles -- Exploratory forays -- HUNTING AND PREDATION -- The Winter Study -- Strategies of wolves and their prey -- Predation on elk -- Predation on moose -- Predation on bison -- Surplus killing and wounding -- REPRODUCTION AND GROWTH -- Breeding and denning -- Mate theft -- Physical growth -- Social development -- Learning to hunt -- Diseases and other dangers -- The fur coat -- BEHAVIOR WITHIN THE PACK -- Alpha roles -- The stress of alpha status -- Alpha females -- Shared leadership -- Subordinate wolves -- Play -- ECOLOGY -- Competition between species -- Coyotes -- Red fox -- Grizzly bears -- Cougars -- Symbiosis with ravens -- The trophic cascade -- Scavenger release -- Prey release -- A landscape of fear -- Plant release -- WATCHING WOLVES -- How to see Yellowstone's wolves -- Habituation -- Safety and viewing ethics -- MY LAST HOWL -- EPILOGUE: THE MAGIC OF WOLVES -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR -- APPENDICES -- ORGANIZATIONS AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES -- RECOMMENDED READING -- ABOUT THE PHOTOGRAPHS.
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Beschreibung:	97 Seiten Illustrationen, Diagramme
ISBN:	9781493080427