The various chapter authors bring over 350 personyears of wolf research experience and knowledge to the book, and the editors are the preeminent wolf researchers in the world today. Written in nontechnical language, the book sets down just about everything that we know about this beautiful and propaganda aside shy animal, who, authorities agree, has never in this country attacked a man. We measured the influence of group size on the probability that wolves attacked and captured bison, and evaluated how it differed relative to comparable results for yellowstone wolves. It presents innovative insights that can benefit conservation strategies and offers perspectives for.
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Behavior and ecology of wild wolves in north america ecology of wolves in northcentral minnesota a preliminary study of the social organization of the vancouver. Influence of group size on the success of wolves hunting bison. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading wolves. Indirectly, wolves support a wide variety of other animal populations. Behavior, ecology, and conservation 2003, 466 pages, 32 color plates, halftones, 63 line drawings, 73 tables, 8. Wolf populations shrank to near extermination in the early and mid 20th century in the u. Noyes series in animal behavior, ecology, conservation, and management. In the late 1940s, a group of gray wolves crossed a lake superior ice bridge to recolonize isle royal, mi. Social behavior the gray wolf is a social animal, living in family groups of 2 to 20 animals, called a pack. Publications in conservation behavior animal behavior. Wolves attack every species of mammal in their range. In the late 1940s, a group of gray wolves crossed a.
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