Wolves Of Denali [Paperback]

L. David Mech (Author), Layne G. Adams (Contributor), Thomas J. Meier (Contributor), John W. Burch (Contributor), Bruce W. Dale (Contributor)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 15, 2003

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.

"A scientific work of art. It takes the reader on a fascinating journey through the world of wolves. The book is a rich combination of scientific data and fascinating-and sometimes poignant-stories based on factual observations." -International Wolf

L. David Mech is a senior research scientist with the Biological Resources Division of the U.S. Geological Survey. Layne G. Adams is a research biologist with the U.S. Geological Survey's Alaska Science Center in Anchorage, Alaska. Thomas J. Meier is a wolf recovery biologist for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Kalispell, Montana. John W. Burch is a wildlife biologist for Gates of the Arctic National Park and Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve in Alaska. Bruce W. Dale is a wildlife biologist for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Alaska's Denali National Park contains the world's least disturbed mainland wolf population. Although research on the wolves dates back to the 1940s, no comprehensive, long-term study was undertaken until 1986 when Mech, a world-renowned wolf expert, led a team of biologists in a nine-year study of the wolves and their prey. This book covers all aspects of wolf ecology, including natural history, pack organization and function, and the wolves' special relationship with Denali's caribou herds. The meshing of a concurrent longitudinal study of the park's caribou with the wolf research lends added value. The writing is clear, the chapters are well organized, and the book is replete with photographs (including 16 color plates). But the ample complement of statistics, graphs, and tables and lack of anecdotal accounts makes it less accessible to a lay reader than Michael K. Phillips's and Douglas W. Smith's The Wolves of Yellowstone (LJ 1/97) and Thomas McNamee's The Return of the Wolf to Yellowstone (LJ 5/15/97). For academic libraries and public libraries with large environmental/biology collections.?Lynn C. Badger, Univ. of Florida Lib., Gainesville
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press (May 15, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0816629595
• ISBN-13: 978-0816629596
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 7.6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,723,078 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book, October 8, 2010

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Robert J. Baker "Buddy & Jezie" (Indiana USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Wolves of Denali (Hardcover)

Good buy! Heard about the book from tour guide in Denali NP and ordered it from my hotel that night. The book arrived at my house in Indiana before I did!

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars wolves in the wild, September 1, 2008

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nomad (upland, ca usa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Wolves of Denali (Hardcover)

This book is somewhat technical and has many charts and graphs. It is quite detailed with scientific information about the lives of wolves in Alaska today and parts are very interesting reading, especially if you love wolves. There are not as many photos as I would have hoped.
Also be careful if you are buying hard cover used books, there was no dust cover on this one which was dissapointing even though this was in the seller's description.