Title:
Yellowstone wolves : science and discovery in the world's first national park
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Credits:
edited by Douglas W. Smith, Daniel R. Stahler, and Daniel R. MacNulty ; with a foreword by Jane Goodall.
Publication Date(s):
2020
Format:
Books
Physical Description:
xvii, 339 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 29 cm
General Note:
Accompanied by online video produced by Robert K. Landis.
"Interviews with authors and accompanying video footage of wolves and other wildlife in Yellowstone National Park are available to readers of the printed book. The video can be viewed in its entirety, or individual interviews on specific topics can be accessed at URLs noted at the end of certain chapters. The entire vie is available at the following URL and with these password credentials: URL: press.uchicago.edu/sites/yellowstonewolves/ ..."--ECIP note on accompanying video and individual interviews.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-319) and indexes.
Contents:
Part I. History and reintroduction. Historical and ecological context for wolf recovery / Douglas W. Smith, Daniel R. Stahler, Daniel R. MacNulty, and Lee H. Whittlesey -- How wolves returned to Yellowstone / Steven H. Fritts, Rebecca J. Watters, Edward E. Bangs, Douglas W. Smith and Michael K. Phillips -- Why are Yellowstone wolves important? / L. David Mech -- Part 2. Behavioral and population ecology. Essential biology of the wolf : foundations and advances / Daniel R MacNulty, Daniel R. Stahler, Tim Couson, and Douglas W. Smith -- Ecology of family dynamics in Yellowstone wolf packs / Daniel R. Stahler, Douglas W. Smith, Kira A. Cassidy, Erin E. Stahler, Matthew C. Metz, Rick McIntyre, and Daniel R. MacNulty -- Territoriality and competition between wolf packs / Kira A. Cassidy, Douglas W Smith, Daniel R. Stahler, Daniel R. MacNulty, Erin E. Stahler, and Matthew C. Metz -- Population dynamics and demography / Douglas W. Smith, Kira A. Cassidy, Daniel R. Stahler, Daniel R. MacNulty, Quinn Harrison, Ben Balmford, Erin E. Stahler, Ellen E. Brandell, and Tim Coulson -- Yellowstone wolves are important because they changed science / Rolf O. Peterson and Trevor S, Peterson -- Part 3. Genetics and disease. Yellowstone wolves at he frontiers of genetic research / Daniel R. Stanler, Bridgett M. vonHoldt, Elizabeth Heppenheimer, and Robert K. Wayne -- The K locus: rise of the black wolf / Rena M. Schweizer, Daniel R. Stahler, Daniel R. MacNulty, Tim Coulson, Phil Hedrick, Rachel Johnston, Kira A. Cassidy, Bridgett M. vonHoldt, and Robert K. Wayne -- Infectious diseases in Yellowstone's wolves / Ellen E. Brandell, Emily S. Almberg, Paul C. Cross, Andrew P. Dobson, Douglas W. Smith, and Peter J. Hudson -- Why are Yellowstone wolves important? A European perspective / Olof Liberg
Part 4. Wolf-prey relationships. How we study wolf-prey relationships / Douglas W. Smith, Matthew C. Metz, Daniel R. Stahler, and Daniel R. MacNulty -- Limits to wolf predatory performance / Daniel R. MacNulty, Daniel R. Stahler, and Douglas W. Smith -- What wolves eat and why / Matthew C. Metz, Mark Hebblewhite, Douglas W. Smith, Daniel R. Stahler, Daniel R. MacNulty, Aimee Tallian, and John A. Vucetich -- Wolf predation on elk in a multi-prey environment / Matthew C. Metz, Douglas W. Smith, Daniel R. Stahler, Daniel R. MacNulty, and Mark Hebblewhite -- Population dynamics of northern Yellowstone elk after wolf reintroduction / Daniel R. MacNulty, Daniel R. Stahler, Travis Wyman, Joel Ruprecht, Lacy M. Smith, Michel T. Kohl, and Douglas W. Smith -- The value of Yellowstone's wolves? The power of choice / Michael K. Phillips -- Part 5. Ecosystem effects and species interactions. Indirect effects of carnivore restoration on vegetation / Rolf O. Peterson, Robert L. Beschta, David J. Cooper, N. Thompson Hobbs, Danielle Bilyeu Johnston, Eric J. Larsen, Kristin N. Marshall, Luke E. Painter, William J. Ripple, Joshua R. Rose, Douglas W. Smith, and Evan C Wolf -- Competition and coexistence among Yellowstone's meat eaters / Daniel R. Stahler, Christopher C. Wilmers, Aimee Tallian, Colby B. Anton, Matthew C. Metz, Toni K. Ruth, Douglas W. Smith, Kerry A. Gunther, and Daniel R. MacNulty -- Old dogs taught old lessons / Paul C. Paquet -- Part 6. Conservation, Management, and the human experience. Wolves and humans in Yellowstone / Douglas W. Smith, Daniel R. Stahler, Rich McIntyre, Erin E. Stahler, and Kira A. Cassidy -- The wolf watchers / Nathan Varley, Rich McIntyre, and James Halfpenny -- Conservation and management : a way forward / Douglas W. Smith, P.J. White, Daniel R Stahler, Rebecca J. Watters, Kira A. Cassidy, Adrian Wydeven, Jim Hammill, and David E. Hallac -- Making better sense of wolves / Susan G. Clark.
Description:
"There is perhaps no population of U.S. carnivores better studied than the wolves of Yellowstone. These iconic predators were reintroduced to the park in 1995, having been hunted nearly to the brink of extinction. From 1995 to 1997, 41 wild wolves from Canada and northwest Montana were released in to the park, and in the intervening decades scientists followed their every move-from predation to mating to wolf-pup play. The Yellowstone reintroduction has served as an incredible, one-of-a-kind field experiment: it allows us to witness how the arrival of top predators can change an entire ecosystem, providing a critical window into prey migration, pack composition, trophic effects, and much else. Yellowstone Wolves will be the first synthesis of what these animals have taught scientists, and it comes near the reintroduction program's 25th anniversary. It will also be the most authoritative; it includes contributions from nearly every wolf biologist working in America today. And unlike other recent wolf books that focus on a single aspect of wolf biology, this book moves between scales, including essays on the biology of the individual, the behavior of a pack, population genetics, and ecosystem-wide effects. The essays are framed by discussions of the history of reintroduction, and punctuated by short "guest essays" from luminaries in the wolf community. The book includes a foreword by Jane Goodall, and is supplemented by a 10-part, roughly 75-minute documentary film. The film will be hosted on our website. This book will likely supplant David Mech's Wolves, published by Chicago in 2003"-- Provided by publisher.
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Document ID:
SD_ILS:1682150
Language:
English
