Binding: Hardcover
Description: In 2020, it will have been twenty - five years since one of the greatest wildlife conservation and restoration achievements of the twentieth century took place: the reintroduction of wolves to the world's first national park Yellowstone. Eradicated after the park was established then absent for seventy years these iconic carnivores returned to Yellowstone in 1995 when the US government reversed its century - old policy of extermination and - - despite some political and cultural opposition - - began the reintroduction of forty - one wild wolves from Canada and northwest Montana. In the intervening decades scientists have studied their myriad behaviors from predation to mating to wolf - pup play building a one - of - a - kind field study that has both allowed us to witness how the arrival of top predators can change an entire ecosystem and provided a critical window into impacts on prey pack composition and much else. Here for the first time in a single book is the incredible story of the wolves return to Yellowstone National Park as told by the very people responsible for their reintroduction study and management. Anchored in what we have learned from Yellowstone highlighting the unique blend of research techniques that have given us this knowledge and addressing the major issues that wolves still face today this book is as wide - ranging and awe - inspiring as the Yellowstone restoration effort itself. We learn about individual wolves population dynamics wolf - prey relationships genetics disease management and policy newly studied behaviors and interactions with other species and the rippling ecosystem effects wolves have had on Yellowstone's wild and rare landscape. Perhaps most importantly of all the book also offers solutions to ongoing controversies and debates. Featuring a foreword by Jane Goodall beautiful images a companion online documentary by celebrated filmmaker Bob Landis and contributions from more than seventy wolf and wildlife conservation luminaries from Yellowstone and around the world Yellowstone Wolves is a gripping accessible celebration of the extraordinary Yellowstone Wolf Project - - and of the park through which these majestic and important creatures once again roam.
Title: Yellowstone Wolves Science And Discovery In The World's First National Park
Brand: The University Of Chicago Press
Barcode: 9780226728346
Pages: 344 Pages
Publication Date: 12/7/2020
Category: Wildlife: Mammals