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Wolf Island recounts three extraordinary summers and winters L. David 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.
Wolf Island recounts three extraordinary summers and winters L. David 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.
L. David Mech is a senior research scientist with the U.S. Geological Survey and adjunct professor in the departments of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology and of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior at the University of Minnesota. Among his many books are The Wolf: The Ecology and Behavior of an Endangered Species and the coauthored The Wolves of Denali (both from Minnesota). He is founder of the International Wolf Center in Ely, Minnesota.
Greg Breining has written for the New York Times, Sports Illustrated, National Geographic Traveler, and Audubon, among many other publications. He has written more than a dozen books, including Wild Shore: Exploring Lake Superior by Kayak (Minnesota, 2000).
Rolf O. Peterson is research professor at Michigan Technological University, where he has led the wolf–moose study at Isle Royale since the early 1970s.
Contents
Foreword
Rolf O. Peterson
Map of Isle Royale
We Didn’t Know
The Chance of a Lifetime
Discovery: Summer 1958
Eye in the Sky: Winter 1959
Island Life: Summer 1959
Finding Patterns: Winter 1960
Island of Change: Summer 1960
Putting Together the Pieces: Winter 1961
The Wolves of Isle Royale
The View from Afar
Acknowledgments
Index
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2020 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Biographien, Importe |
| Rubrik: | Belletristik |
| Medium: | Buch |
| Inhalt: | Einband - fest (Hardcover) |
| ISBN-13: | 9781517908256 |
| ISBN-10: | 1517908256 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Gebunden |
| Autor: | Mech, L David |
| Orchester: | Breining, Greg |
| Hersteller: | University of Minnesota Press |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
| Maße: | 230 x 158 x 23 mm |
| Von/Mit: | L David Mech |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 13.10.2020 |
| Gewicht: | 0,478 kg |
L. David Mech is a senior research scientist with the U.S. Geological Survey and adjunct professor in the departments of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology and of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior at the University of Minnesota. Among his many books are The Wolf: The Ecology and Behavior of an Endangered Species and the coauthored The Wolves of Denali (both from Minnesota). He is founder of the International Wolf Center in Ely, Minnesota.
Greg Breining has written for the New York Times, Sports Illustrated, National Geographic Traveler, and Audubon, among many other publications. He has written more than a dozen books, including Wild Shore: Exploring Lake Superior by Kayak (Minnesota, 2000).
Rolf O. Peterson is research professor at Michigan Technological University, where he has led the wolf–moose study at Isle Royale since the early 1970s.
Contents
Foreword
Rolf O. Peterson
Map of Isle Royale
We Didn’t Know
The Chance of a Lifetime
Discovery: Summer 1958
Eye in the Sky: Winter 1959
Island Life: Summer 1959
Finding Patterns: Winter 1960
Island of Change: Summer 1960
Putting Together the Pieces: Winter 1961
The Wolves of Isle Royale
The View from Afar
Acknowledgments
Index
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2020 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Biographien, Importe |
| Rubrik: | Belletristik |
| Medium: | Buch |
| Inhalt: | Einband - fest (Hardcover) |
| ISBN-13: | 9781517908256 |
| ISBN-10: | 1517908256 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Gebunden |
| Autor: | Mech, L David |
| Orchester: | Breining, Greg |
| Hersteller: | University of Minnesota Press |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
| Maße: | 230 x 158 x 23 mm |
| Von/Mit: | L David Mech |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 13.10.2020 |
| Gewicht: | 0,478 kg |
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