Wilderness Predators of the Rockies - The Bond Between Predator and Prey

Informationen zum Autor Mike Lapinski is an award-winning outdoor writer and photographer. He is considered an expert on wilderness habitat and wildlife and speaks frequently at seminars on wildlife and nature. Mike lives amongst the Rockies in Superior, Montana, with his wife Aggie. Klappentext Wilderness Predators of the Rockies takes readers on an in-depth journey into the secluded backcountry where legendary predators such as the mighty grizzly, taciturn wolverine, stately wolf, awesome jaguar, and other wild animals call home.Casting aside the canned, often misleading, biology often cited, this book offers a deeper understanding of wilderness and its predators and prey as well as an explanation about how humans fit into this fascinating cycle.Full of newly discovered facts and many first-hand accounts, the text is accompanied by award-winning action photos that bring these secretive predators and their roles in the cycle of nature to life. Zusammenfassung Explores a variety of fascinating! seldom seen predators of legend such as the wolverine! grizzly and black bears! lynx! wolf! jaguar! mountain lion! bobcat! mountain coyote! marten! ermine and fisher. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; (1) The Wilderness Life Cycle; (2) The Prey Base; (3) The Wolverine; (4) The Lynx; (5) The Bobcat; (6) The Mountain Lion; (7) The Black Bear; (8) The Grizzly Bear; (9) The Wolf; (10) The Mountain Coyote; (11) The Fisher; (12) The Marten; (13) The Ermine; (14) Ghost Predators of the Southern Rockies.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Michael Lapinski, Mike Lapinski, Lapinski Mike
• Editore: Rowman and Littlefield
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.05.2006
• EAN: 9780762735372
• ISBN: 978-0-7627-3537-2
• Pagine: 208
• Categorie: Guide e manuali > Natura > Guide naturalistiche; Saggistica > Natura, tecnica > Natura: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; New Mexico, Rocky Mountains, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, Montana, Arizona, West, NATURE / Animals / General, Southwest, Pacific Northwest, Idaho, NATURE / Animals / Wildlife, Travel & holiday, Wildlife: general interest