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1 online resource (284 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) |
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Scientist and advocate for Alaska's wolves. The first two years of life of an Alaskan wolf -- My good fortune : working among Alaska's wolves. Snapshot : Savage River wolves / Gary Baker ; Snapshot : Flying Gordon / Troy Dunn -- The heart of wolf society : wolf family bonds. Snapshot : First snow / Johnny Johnson ; Snapshot : A true field scientist / Troy Dunn -- A new biological year : attending young pups. Snapshot : Teklanika den / Karen Deatherage -- It takes a family : raising pups cooperatively. Snapshot : Son / Troy Dunn -- Going with the flow : the daily lives of wolves. Snapshot : Just one more turn / Troy Dunn -- Why wolves howl : the many social values. Snapshot : A sign of intelligence / Johnny Johnson ; Snapshot : Passing by / Troy Dunn -- Hunting traditions : wolves, their prey, and scavenging. Snapshot : Pups at a sheep kill / Priscilla Feral -- Toklat's switch to hares : survivors seize an opportunity. Snapshot : Toklat's hare hunting / Troy Dunn -- Companions and competitors : ravens, bears, and other wildlife. Snapshot : Wolves with bears / Troy Dunn -- Natural fearlessness : wolves and people in Denali national park. Snapshot : Dr. Gordon Haber / Jonathan B. Jarvis ; Snapshot : the hamburger drop / Johnny Johnson -- Park wolves in danger : the Denali buffer solution. Journal notes : State-snared wolves ; Snapshot : This guy is hard core / Joel Bennett ; Snapshot : Mortality call / Barbara Brease -- Science gone awry : Alaska's wolf-killing programs. Journal notes : Snowmachine hunt ; Snapshot : Wolf summit / Priscilla Feral ; Snapshot : Picking pilots / Troy Dunn -- Endangered species : the problem with delisting Northern Rockies wolves. Snapshot : Scientist as advocate / Rick Steiner -- Toklat's high value : the case for unexploited wolf groups. Snapshot : Last phone call / Barbara Brease ; Significant findings of Gordon haber's wolf research -- From bad to worse : an update on Haber's wolves |
| Summary |
Alaska's wolves lost their fiercest advocate, Gordon Haber, when his research plane crashed in Denali National Park in 2009. Passionate, tenacious, and occasionally brash, Haber, a former hockey player and park ranger, devoted his life to Denali's wolves. He weathered brutal temperatures in the wild to document the wolves and provided exceptional insights into wolf behavior. Haber's writings and photographs reveal an astonishing degree of cooperation between wolf family members as they hunt, raise pups, and play, social behaviors and traditions previously unknown. With the wolves at risk of bei |
| Notes |
"Snowy owl books"--Spine, title page verso |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-269) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
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Haber, Gordon C
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Haber, Gordon C. fast |
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Haber, Gordon C. 1942-2009 gnd |
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Wolf gnd |
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Alaska gnd |
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Wolves -- Behavior -- Alaska
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Wolves -- Alaska -- Psychology
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Wolves -- Effect of human beings on -- Alaska
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Naturalists -- Alaska -- Biography
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NATURE -- Animals -- Mammals.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- Mammals.
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Naturalists
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Wolves -- Behavior
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Verhalten
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Verhaltensforscher
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Alaska
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Denali National Park
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collective biographies.
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Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Holleman, Marybeth
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| ISBN |
9781602232198 |
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1602232199 |
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