Recovery of Gray Wolves in the Great Lakes Region of the United States An Endangered Species Success Story /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Heske, Edward (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Deelen, Timothy R. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Wydeven, Adrian P. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2009.
• Θέματα: Environment.; Animal ecology.; Landscape ecology.; Community ecology, Biotic.; Environmental law.; Environmental policy.; Environmental management.; Nature conservation.; Nature Conservation.; Animal Ecology.; Environmental Management.; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice.; Landscape Ecology.; Community & Population Ecology.

The western Great Lakes region of the United States is the only portion of the lower 48 states where wolves were never completely extirpated. This region contains the areas where many of the first modern concepts of wolf conservation and research were developed, and where many early proponents of wo...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Early Wolf Research and Conservation in the Great Lakes Region
• Long-term Research on Wolves in the Superior National Forest
• Wolf and Moose Dynamics on Isle Royale
• An Overview of the Legal History and Population Status of Wolves in Minnesota
• Wolf Population Changes in Michigan
• History, Population Growth, and Management of Wolves in Wisconsin
• An Isolated Wolf Population in Central Wisconsin
• Change in Occupied Wolf Habitat in the Northern Great Lakes Region
• Growth Rate and Equilibrium Size of a Recolonizing Wolf Population in the Southern Lake Superior Region
• Prey of Wolves in the Great Lakes Region
• Factors Influencing Homesite Selection by Gray Wolves in Northwestern Wisconsin and East-Central Minnesota
• Dispersal of Gray Wolves in the Great Lakes Region
• Are Wolf-Mediated Trophic Cascades Boosting Biodiversity in the Great Lakes Region?
• Wolves, Roads, and Highway Development
• Taxonomy, Morphology, and Genetics of Wolves in the Great Lakes Region
• Human Dimensions: Public Opinion Research Concerning Wolves in the Great Lakes States of Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin
• Ma’iingan and the Ojibwe
• Wolf–Human Conflicts and Management in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan
• Education and Outreach Efforts in Support of Wolf Conservation in the Great Lakes Region
• The Role of the Endangered Species Act in Midwest Wolf Recovery
• Wolf Recovery in the Great Lakes Region: What Have We Learned and Where Will We Go Now?.