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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

TOC

  • 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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