Among wolves : Gordon Haber's insights into Alaska's most misunderstood animal / / Dr. Gordon Haber and Marybeth Holleman

• Autore: Haber Gordon C
• Pubblicazione: Fairbanks, AK : , : University of Alaska Press, , [2013]; ©2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (313 p.)
• Disciplina: 599.77309798
• Soggetto topico: Wolves - Alaska; Naturalists - Alaska
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: HollemanMarybeth
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Epilogue - From Bad to Worse: An Update on Haber's Wolves; Introduction - Scientist and Advocate for Alaska's Wolves; The First Two Years of Life of an Alaska Wolf; Chapter 1 - My Good Fortune: Working among Alaska's Wolves; Snapshot: Savage River Wolves-Gary Baker; Snapshot: Flying Gordon-Troy Dunn; Chapter 2 - The Heart of Wolf Society: Wolf Family Bonds; Snapshot: First Snow-Johnny Johnson; Snapshot: A True Field Scientist-Troy Dunn; Chapter 3 - A New Biological Year: Attending Young Pups; Snapshot: Teklanika Den-Karen Deatherage ; Chapter 4 - It Takes a Family: Raising Pups CooperativelySnapshot: Son-Troy Dunn; Chapter 5 - Going with the Flow: The Daily Lives of Wolves; Snapshot: Just One More Turn-Troy Dunn; Chapter 6 - Why Wolves Howl: The Many Social Values; Snapshot: A Sign of Intelligence-Johnny Johnson; Color plates; Snapshot: Passing By-Troy Dunn; Chapter 7 - Hunting Traditions: Wolves, Their Prey, and Scavenging; Snapshot: Pups at a Sheep Kill-Priscilla Feral; Chapter 8 - Toklat's Switch to Hares: Survivors Seize an Opportunity; Snapshot: Toklat's Hare Hunting-Troy Dunn ; Chapter 9 - Companions and Competitors: Ravens, Bears, and Other WildlifeSnapshot: Wolves with Bears-Troy Dunn; Chapter 10 - Natural Fearlessness: Wolves and People in Denali National Park; Snapshot: Dr. Gordon Haber-Jonathan B. Jarvis; Snapshot: The Hamburger Drop-Johnny Johnson; Chapter 11 - Park Wolves in Danger: The Denali Buffer Solution; Journal Notes: State-Snared Wolves, 1994; Snapshot: This Guy Is Hard Core-Joel Bennett; Snapshot: Mortality Call-Barbara Brease; Chapter 12 - Gone Awry: Alaska's Wolf-Killing Programs; Journal Notes: Snowmachine Hunt ; Snapshot: Wolf Summit-Priscilla FeralSnapshot: Picking Pilots-Troy Dunn; Chapter 13 - Endangered Species: The Problem with Delisting Northern Rockies Wolves; Snapshot: Scientist as Advocate-Rick Steiner; Chapter 14 - Toklat's High Value: The Case for Unexploited Wolf Groups; Snapshot: Last Phone Call-Barbara Brease; Significant Findings of Gordon Haber's Wolf Research; References; Acknowledgments; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Alaska's wolves lost their fiercest advocate, Gordon Haber, when his research plane crashed in Denali National Park in 2009. Passionate, tenacious, and occasionally brash, Haber, a former hockey player and park ranger, devoted his life to Denali's wolves.He weathered brutal temperatures in the wild to document the wolves and provided exceptional insights into wolf behavior. Haber's writings and photographs reveal an astonishing degree of cooperation between wolf family members as they hunt, raise pups, and play, social behaviors and traditions previously unknown. With the wolves at risk of bei
• Altri titoli varianti: Gordon Haber's insights into Alaska's most misunderstood animal
• Titolo autorizzato: Among wolves
• ISBN: 1-60223-219-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910453716503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II