Jacksonville Public Library

The grizzlies of Mount McKinley, Adolph Murie

eng

Includes bibliography: pages 243-244 and index

federal national government publication

illustrations

index present

non fiction

The grizzlies of Mount McKinley

bibliography

6306046

Adolph Murie

Scientific monograph series, no. 14

From the publisher: For 25 years, Adolph Murie, one of North America's greatest naturalists, spent his summers in Mount McKinley National Park (since renamed Denali National Park) tracking, recording, and interpreting the lives of grizzlies in one of their few remaining strongholds

Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Summary -- 1: Introduction -- 2: Study Background -- Classification and characteristics -- Habitat -- Numbers and density -- Age determination of cubs -- Some family statistics -- Tracks and trails -- 3: Range And Movement -- Home range -- Joint occupation of range -- Movements of transported bears -- 4: Family -- Mating -- Nursing -- Aspects of family life -- Retirement to Cliffs -- Mother-cub separation -- Cub companionship after separation from mother -- 5: Subsistence -- Hibernation -- Food habits -- Carrion and caching -- 6: Grizzlies And Ungulates -- Grizzly-caribou relationships -- Grizzly-moose relationships -- Grizzly-dall sheep relationships -- 7: Grizzlies And Rodents -- Grizzly-ground squirrel relationships -- Grizzly-marmot relationships -- Grizzly-mouse relationships -- Grizzly-beaver relationships -- Grizzly-porcupine relationships -- 8: Grizzlies And Carnivores -- Grizzly-wolf relationships -- Grizzly-wolverine relationships -- Grizzly-fox relationships -- 9: Grizzlies And Birds/Insects -- Grizzly-golden eagle relationships -- Grizzly-magpie relationships -- Grizzly-raven relationships -- Grizzly-insect relationships -- 10: Grizzlies And Man -- 11: Keeping Grizzlies Wild -- References -- Index