Wolf: The Ecology and Behavior of an Endangered Species
by David Mech
University of Minnesota Press, 1981
Paper: 978-0-8166-1026-6
Library of Congress Classification QL737.C22M4 1981
Dewey Decimal Classification 599.74442
Paper: 978-0-8166-1026-6
Library of Congress Classification QL737.C22M4 1981
Dewey Decimal Classification 599.74442
TOC
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- LIST OF TABLES
- FOREWORD
- PREFACES
- CHAPTER I
- THE WOLF ITSELF
- A Preview
- Wolf Personality
- Intelligence
- Wildness and Fear
- Physical Characteristics
- Sensory Abilities
- Pelage
- Evolution
- Classification and Genetics
- Distribution
- Ecological Niche
- CHAPTER II
- WOLF SOCIETY—PACKS AND POPULATIONS
- Pack Size
- Pack Composition and Formation
- Wolf Populations
- CHAPTER III
- SOCIAL ORDER, EXPRESSION, AND COMMUNICATION
- Order in the Pack
- Expression and Communication in the Pack
- Territoriality
- Communication Among Packs
- CHAPTER IV
- REPRODUCTION AND FAMILY LIFE
- Courtship and Mating
- Reproductive Physiology
- Denning
- Birth, Growth, and Development of Pups
- Parental and Pack Care of the Young
- Rendezvous Sites
- CHAPTER V
- THE WOLF'S WANDERINGS
- Summer Movements and Activity
- Winter Movements and Activity
- Size of Home Range
- Long-Range Movements
- CHAPTER VI
- FOOD HABITS
- Digestive System
- Prey Species
- Food Requirements and Consumption
- Feeding Routine and Use of Prey
- CHAPTER VII
- HUNTING HABITS
- General Hunting Behavior
- Hamstringing
- The Wolf Versus Various Prey
- CHAPTER VIII
- SELECTION OF PREY
- Hunting Success Rate
- Age, Sex, and Condition of Wolf Kills
- The Mechanics of Selection
- CHAPTER IX
- EFFECTS OF WOLF PREDATION
- The “Sanitation Effect”
- Control of Prey Populations
- Stimulation of Productivity in Prey
- Supplying Food for Scavengers
- CHAPTER X
- RELATIONS WITH NONPREY SPECIES
- The Bear
- The Wolverine
- The Coyote
- The Fox
- The Raven
- The Lynx
- The Human Being
- CHAPTER XI
- FACTORS HARMFUL TO THE WOLF
- Parasitism
- Diseases and Physical Disorders
- Injuries
- Malnutrition
- Social Stress
- Persecution and Exploitation by Man
- CHAPTER XII
- FUTURE OF THE WOLF
- Value of the Wolf
- Present Status of the Wolf
- Future Outlook for the Wolf
- A Plea for the Wolf
- APPENDIX A
- Subspecies of Wolves
- North American
- Eurasian
- APPENDIX B
- Manner of Calculating the Apparent Survival Rates Given in Table 6
- APPENDIX C
- Scientific Names of Organisms Referred to in Text
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX
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