The Secret World of Red Wolves
The Fight to Save North America's Other Wolf
Seiten
2015
The University of North Carolina Press (Verlag)
978-1-4696-2654-3 (ISBN)
The University of North Carolina Press (Verlag)
978-1-4696-2654-3 (ISBN)
Red wolves are shy, elusive, and misunderstood predators. In The Secret World of Red Wolves, nature writer T. DeLene Beeland shadows the US Fish and Wildlife Service's pioneering recovery programme over the course of a year to craft an intimate portrait of the red wolf, its history, and its restoration.
Red wolves are shy, elusive, and misunderstood predators. Until the 1800s, they were common in the longleaf pine savannas and deciduous forests of the southeastern United States. However, habitat degradation, persecution, and interbreeding with the coyote nearly annihilated them. Today, reintroduced red wolves are found only in peninsular northeastern North Carolina within less than 1 percent of their former range. In The Secret World of Red Wolves, nature writer T. DeLene Beeland shadows the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's pioneering recovery program over the course of a year to craft an intimate portrait of the red wolf, its history, and its restoration. Her engaging exploration of this top-level predator traces the intense effort of conservation personnel to save a species that has slipped to the verge of extinction.
Beeland weaves together the voices of scientists, conservationists, and local landowners while posing larger questions about human coexistence with red wolves, our understanding of what defines this animal as a distinct species, and how climate change may swamp its current habitat.
Red wolves are shy, elusive, and misunderstood predators. Until the 1800s, they were common in the longleaf pine savannas and deciduous forests of the southeastern United States. However, habitat degradation, persecution, and interbreeding with the coyote nearly annihilated them. Today, reintroduced red wolves are found only in peninsular northeastern North Carolina within less than 1 percent of their former range. In The Secret World of Red Wolves, nature writer T. DeLene Beeland shadows the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's pioneering recovery program over the course of a year to craft an intimate portrait of the red wolf, its history, and its restoration. Her engaging exploration of this top-level predator traces the intense effort of conservation personnel to save a species that has slipped to the verge of extinction.
Beeland weaves together the voices of scientists, conservationists, and local landowners while posing larger questions about human coexistence with red wolves, our understanding of what defines this animal as a distinct species, and how climate change may swamp its current habitat.
T. DeLene Beeland is a nature and science writer living in Asheville, N.C., USA. Her work has appeared in the Charlotte Observer and Wildlife in North Carolina, among other publications.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.9.2015 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 24 halftones, 2 figs, 2 maps |
| Verlagsort | Chapel Hill |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 403 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4696-2654-3 / 1469626543 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4696-2654-3 / 9781469626543 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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