The wolves of Mount McKinley /Adolph Murie.
- Seattle : University of Washington Press, (c)1985.
- 1 online resource (xix, 238 pages) : illustrations
Reprint. Originally published: Washington : U.S.G.P.O., 1944. (Fauna of the National Parks of the United States. Fauna series ; numbers 5).
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- SUMMARY -- CHAPTER 1. Introduction -- Outline of the study -- Acknowledgments -- Climate -- Physiography -- Vegetation -- CHAPTER 2. Wolf -- Physical characteristics -- Tracks -- History of wolves in Mount McKinley National Park -- Causes of fluctuation in wolf numbers -- Breeding -- Home life -- Toklat River den -- Savage River wolf family -- East Fork River den-1940 -- East Fork River den-1941 -- Hunting range -- Intraspecific intolerance -- The wolf pack -- Wags, the captive wolf -- Food habits of wolves -- Discussion of food items in wolf diet -- Caching. Trapping wolves -- CHAPTER 3. Dall Sheep -- Description -- Distribution of Dall sheep in Alaska -- History of the sheep in Mount McKinley National Park -- Distribution of Dall sheep in the park -- Winter distribution -- Summer distribution -- Migration -- Food habits -- Winter food habits -- Summer food habits -- Mineral licks -- Carrying capacity of the winter range -- Disease and parasites -- Actinomycosis -- Lungworm -- Scabies -- A sick lamb -- Lamb dies in captivity -- Insects sometimes annoy sheep -- Accidents -- The menace of deep snow -- The rut -- Gestation period -- Lambs -- Precocity. Ewe-lamb relationships -- Lost lambs -- Play -- Weaning -- Relation with animals of minor importance -- Snow buntings compete for food -- Wolverine and sheep -- Lynx and sheep -- Coyote and sheep -- Golden eagle and sheep -- Wolf and sheep -- Reaction of sheep to wolves -- Hunting incidents -- Discussion of wolf hunting habits -- Do the wolves prey mainly upon the weak sheep? -- The problem -- Search for sheep skulls -- Determination of age -- Determination of sex -- Segregation of sheep remains into classes -- Discussion of skull data -- Effect of wolf predation on the sheep as a species. Classified counts of the mountain sheep -- Classifications for 1939 -- Classifications for 1940 -- Classifications for 1941 -- Discussion -- Some wolf-sheep relationships -- Effect of artificial intrusions on wolf predation -- Do caribou divert predation from sheep? -- Historical evidence that wolves are curbing sheep numbers -- Effect of the wolf on sheep numbers -- The sheep and the wolves may now be in equilibrium -- CHAPTER 4. Caribou -- Description -- Classification -- Numbers -- Movements of Mount McKinley National Park caribou -- Brief survey of movements from 1925 to 1941. Winter movements -- Summer movements -- 1939 movements -- 1940 movements -- 1941 movements -- Trails -- Food habits of caribou -- Winter food -- Summer food -- Rutting period -- Caribou calves -- Description -- Calving -- Relation of calves to cows -- Parasites -- Disease -- Some predator-caribou relationships -- Lynx, wolverine, and caribou -- Coyote and caribou -- Grizzly and caribou -- Golden eagle and caribou -- Relation of reindeer to caribou -- Wolf predation -- Predation on adult caribou -- Predation on caribou calves -- Hunting incidents.
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