Author: Rolf Olin PetersonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Animal communities
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Wolf-moose Interaction in Isle Royale National Park
Author: Rolf Olin PetersonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Animal communities
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
The Wolves of Isle Royale
Author: Rolf Olin PetersonPublisher: 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
Wolf Ecology and Prey Relationships on Isle Royale
Author: Rolf Olin PetersonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Eastern wolf
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
The Wolves of Isle Royale
Author: L. David MechPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Animal behavior
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
This field study took place in Isle Royale National Park, Canada began in June 1958. There, Meech met Donald E. Murray of Mountain Iron, Minnesota, who served as one of the aircraft pilots for the project. During the 3-year project, the team achieved great things in the aerial observation of wolves and their hunting with a grant from the National Science Foundation.
Ecological Studies of Wolves on Isle Royale
Author: Rolf Olin PetersonWolf Island
Author: L. David MechPublisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 145296209X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
The world’s leading wolf expert describes the first years of a major study that transformed our understanding of one of nature’s most iconic creatures In the late 1940s, a small pack of wolves crossed the ice of Lake Superior to the island wilderness of Isle Royale, creating a perfect “laboratory” for a long-term study of predators and prey. As the wolves hunted and killed the island’s moose, a young graduate student named Dave Mech began research that would unlock the mystery of one of nature’s most revered (and reviled) animals—and eventually became an internationally renowned and respected wolf expert. This is the story of those early years. Wolf Island recounts three extraordinary summers and winters Mech spent on the isolated outpost of Isle Royale National Park, tracking and observing wolves and moose on foot and by airplane—and upending the common misperception of wolves as destructive killers of insatiable appetite. Mech sets the scene with one of his most thrilling encounters: witnessing an aerial view of a spectacular hunt, then venturing by snowshoe (against the pilot’s warning) to photograph the pack of hungry wolves at their kill. Wolf Island owes as much to the spirit of adventure as to the impetus of scientific curiosity. Written with science and outdoor writer Greg Breining, who recorded hours of interviews with Mech and had access to his journals and field notes from those years, the book captures the immediacy of scientific fieldwork in all its triumphs and frustrations. It takes us back to the beginning of a classic environmental study that continues today, spanning nearly sixty years—research and experiences that would transform one of the most despised creatures on Earth into an icon of wilderness and ecological health.
Interactions Between Moose and Their Primary Forage at Isle Royale National Park, Lake Superior
Author: Scott Michael SellThe Wolves and Moose of Isle Royale
Author: Nancy F. CastaldoPublisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0358274230
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"On Isle Royale, a remote island natioanl park surrounded by frigid Lake Superior, a thrilling drama is unfolding between wolves and moose, the island's ultimate predator and prey. For over sixty years, in what has been known as the longest study of a predator-prey relationship in the world, scientists have observed the importance of wolves to Isle Royale's unique ecology. But due to illness and underlying factors, the population of wolves on the island has dropped while the number of moose has increased, putting the Isle Royale ecosystem in jeopardy"--
The Wolves of Isle Royale
Author: L. David MechPublisher:
ISBN: 9781410202499
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Mech's landmark study of wolves and moose on Isle Royale National Park on Lake Superior. The author lived among them during the three-years of his research. Isle Royale is an isolated wilderness ecosystem which is perfect for scientific study.Dr. L. David Mech is the best-known and most highly regarded wolf researcher in the world. He works with the Biological Services Division, U.S. Geological Survey, and is also the author of several other books on wolves. He has studied wolves and their prey full-time since 1958, except for a four-year period when he studied radio-tracking. During this record-long career as a wolf biologist, he has published numerous books and articles; this book was originally published by the National Park Service in 1966."Mech is the foremost expert on wolves in this country, possibly in the world, hands down." - Smithsonian magazine
Restoring the Balance
Author: John A. VucetichPublisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421441551
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 411
Book Description
"A renowned scientist studies wolves on a wilderness island, searching for what it means to better relate to the natural world"--