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| Wolves: Behavior, Ecology, and Conservation | 
| Creators: L. David Mech, Luigi Boitani
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Category: Book
List Price: $30.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 57561
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 472
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.1
Dimensions (in): 10.8 x 8.3 x 1.4
ISBN: 0226516970
Dewey Decimal Number: 599.773
EAN: 9780226516974
ASIN: 0226516970
Publication Date: February 1, 2007
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Highly credible writing November 30, 2005
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
I was priviledged to participate in research in the "wolf-moose-spruce- goose-papoose" biome, Isle Royale in the middle of Lake Superior and received a hands-on education into the work of David Mech.
This book is systematic, rigorous, solid with breadth and depth of current understanding of wolves. This is not a "day at the beach" read, but a serious tome that is easy to access. Good references, indices, graphs and commentary. Wildland species and ecoystems have become polarized and politicized as special interests compete for their own belief systems. Science is based on evidence, not belief and Mech goes a long way to set the record straight on our understanding of wolves and ecosystems that support and sustain wolves in both Eurasia and North America.
This is a critical book for anyone seriously interested in wolves and wolve-sustaining ecosystems.
Essential reference but not for beginners November 9, 2005
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
This is a wonderful book but it's not for someone who has just discovered an interest in wolves. If you want a good introduction to wolves, I'd suggest Peter Steinhardt's "In the Company of Wolves" or something similar.
Good as it is, it's not the kind of book that you'll take to the beach. It is important to realize that this is a huge book, about 8.5x11 inches and over 3.5 pounds (1.5 kg). It's also a scholarly volume, though accessible to the educated lay reader. The book is exhaustive and thorough, comprehensive in scope and detailed throughout. It has dozens of pages of bibliography, making it an essential reference if you want to read any part of the scientific literature on wolves.
The book emphasizes natural science topics relevant to wolves, but includes social-scientific and humanistic issues as well such as wolf management and human-wolf interaction. Some of the chapters address topics that the lay reader probably won't find interesting (such as taxonomy, physiology and parasitology, or molecular genetics). Other chapters cover topics that are less common in books for the Wolf Freak, such as communication between wolves or wolves' relations with other non-prey species.
Interesting as many of those topics are, most lay readers will probably turn first to the chapters dealing with wolves' relations with humans or wolf recovery. These do not disappoint. From there, you could turn to other chapters according to interest.
Wolf Bible February 1, 2004
30 out of 30 found this review helpful
If David L Mech's original book "the Wolf"(1970) has been known by wolf students and admirers as the 'Bible', then this new text must be known as the new testament. With contributions by the cream of the wolf biology world, including familiar names, Fred H Harrington, Rolf O Peterson, Ronald M Nowak, Ludwig N Carbyn, Douglas W Smith, Michael K Phillips and Steven H Fritts to name a few, Dr Mech (the Wolfman) and his European counterpart Luigi Boitani have put together 344 pages (plus 104 pages of index and references) of superbly researched material about Canis Lupus, the most misunderstood creature on the planet earth.This detailed text is supplimented with numerous graphs, line drawings and photographs. But be aware, this is not a pretty picture book for your coffee table, the photographs here are included to Illustrate the behaviour and life cycle of a complex, social, carnivorous predator, whose brutal environment is matched only by their sometimes brutal survival behaviour. Dr's Mech and Boitani must be applauded for the presentation of their material in a very readable style, scientific but not so complicated that the average reader or wolf enthusiast cannot make sense of the information provided. Yet for a wolf biology student the inclusion of the graphs and scientific data makes this a priceless piece of work, with numerous references to other available field data. Until Dr David L Mech writes his next Wolf book (which is always an event in itself) THIS is the only book on wolves that anyone needs in their collection. Support David L Mech, support Wolf research, buy this book.
A Must Have For Wolf Lovers January 18, 2004
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
This is probably the most detailed book on wolves out there. Very research and scientifically based, and also mentions areas where more research is needed, which is excellent for university students like me, wanting to know which area of research they can focus their studies on. Anybody who loves wolves and wants to really know pretty much all there is to know about them would love this book.
Great Book, Great Research October 20, 2003
6 out of 10 found this review helpful
This is the Book of all Wolf Books, it has alot of research data, this book is a must for all wolf lovers or it is excellent for people like me studying Wolves
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