TY  - BOOK
AU  - Murie,Adolph
TI  - The wolves of Mount McKinley /Adolph Murie
SN  - 9780295802695
AV  - QL737 .W658 1985
PY  - 1985///
CY  - Seattle
PB  - University of Washington Press
KW  - Gray wolf
KW  - Behavior
KW  - Alaska
KW  - Denali National Park and Preserve
KW  - Mammals
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - Reprint. Originally published: Washington : U.S.G.P.O., 1944. (Fauna of the National Parks of the United States. Fauna series ; numbers 5); 2; 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; 2; b
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