The Wolf: The Ecology and Behavior of an Endangered Species
- ISBN-10
- 0385086601
- ISBN-13
- 9780385086608
- Series
- The Wolf
- Category
- Nature / Animals / Mammals
- Pages
- 384
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1970
- Publisher
- American Museum of Natural History
- Author
- L. David Mech
Description
Years of research during the 1960s in Michigan's Isle Royale National Park provided Mech with a level of firsthand knowledge shared by few in the field. In 1970 he compiled his findings (updated in 1980) into the preeminent document of its kind. Thomas McNamee, author of The Return of the Wolf to Yellowstone, calls the book the "best single source of information on wolf biology," and refers to its author as "the undisputed king of wolf research." When government officials in the early 1990s decided to embark on an ambitious project to reintroduce wolves into their former range of Yellowstone National Park, they called on Mech's expertise. All this is to say that, if you want to learn about wolves, you cannot ignore this seminal work or its author. Chapters cover wolf evolution, range, and physiology; society and pack behavior; reproduction; hunting and predator-prey relationships; and the species' uncertain future. Like any self-respecting scientist, Mech includes all the hard data, but he presents his work in an engaging manner that is accessible to a broader audience, drawing heavily on anecdotes and personal experience."--from amazon.ca (book desc. 1981 ed.).
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