The Wolves of Mount McKinley - Brossura

Murie, Adolph

 
9780295962030: The Wolves of Mount McKinley
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ISBN 10: 0295962038 ISBN 13: 9780295962030
Casa editrice: Univ of Washington Pr, 1985

Sinossi

In the time of Lewis and Clark, wolves were abundant throughout North America from the Arctic regions to Mexico. But man declared war on this cunning and powerful animal when cattle replaced the buffalo on the western plains, reducing the wolf’s range to those few areas in the Far North where economic necessity did not call for its extinction.

Between 1939 and 1941, Adolph Murie, one of North America’s greatest naturalists, made a field study of the relationship between wolves and Dall sheep in Mount McKinley National Park (since renamed Denali National Park) which has come to be respected as a classic work of natural history. In this study Murie not only described the life cycle of Alaskan wolves in greater detail than has ever been done, but he discovered a great deal about the entire ecological network of predator and prey.

The issues surrounding the survival of the wolf and its prey are more important today than ever, and Murie helps us understand the careful balance that must be maintained to ensure that these magnificent animals prosper. Originally available only in government publications which are long out-of-print, this account of a much maligned animal is now available in its first popular edition.

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Book by Murie Adolph

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Editore
Univ of Washington Pr
Data di pubblicazione
1985
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0295962038
ISBN 13 
9780295962030
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
232
Contatto del produttore
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Persona responsabile
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