The Wolves of DenaliU of Minnesota Press, 2003 M05 1 - 227 pages 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. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
In the Shadow of the Mountain | 13 |
Technology Yields the Data | 27 |
Denali Wolf Packs | 51 |
Denali Wolf Social Ecology | 74 |
The Wolf Is Kept Fed by His Feet | 101 |
Patterns of Prey Selection | 121 |
A Scramble for Survival | 138 |
Wolves in Perpetuity | 175 |
Dispersal of Wolves from Study Packs 198694 | 179 |
Pack Histories | 181 |
Timelines | 190 |
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Literature Cited | 203 |
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The Denali WolfPrey System | 159 |
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Page 196 - V. 1971. Mountain Sheep: A Study in Behavior and Evolution.
Page 194 - APHIS' Wildlife Services' help, the level of loss, damage, hazard or nuisance would have increased. The following is a list of peer reviewed publications cited in the previous information: Boertje, RD, P.
Page 197 - The effect of starvation and low nitrogen intakes on the concentration of free amino acids in the blood plasma and on the nitrogen metabolism in sheep.
Page 195 - FULLER, TK and LB KEITH. 1980. Wolf population dynamics and prey relationships in northeastern Alberta.
Page 195 - AW, RE LeResche, RA Rausch and JL Oldemeyer 1978 Alaskan moose measurements and weights and measurement-weight relationships.
Page 196 - Joslin, PWB 1967. Movements and home sites of timber wolves in Algonquin Park.
Page 196 - Hovell, FD DeB., ER Orskov, DJ Kyle, and NA MacLeod. 1987. Undernutrition in sheep: Nitrogen repletion by N-depleted sheep. Br. J. Nutr. 57:77-88.