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The grizzlies of Mount McKinley / Adolph Murie.
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- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Murie, Adolph, 1899-1974
- Series:
- Scientific monograph series ; no. 14.
- Scientific monograph series ; no. 14
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Grizzly bear--Behavior--Alaska--Denali National Park and Preserve.
- Grizzly bear.
- Mammals--Behavior.
- Mammals.
- Mammals--Behavior--Alaska--Denali National Park and Preserve.
- Denali National Park and Preserve (Alaska).
- Grizzly bear--Behavior.
- Alaska--Denali National Park and Preserve.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 251 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service, 1981.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-244) and index.
- U.S.G.P.O. sales statement incorrect in publication.
- Print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Murie, Adolph, 1899-1974. Grizzlies of Mount McKinley
- Print version: Murie, Adolph, 1899- The grizzlies of Mount McKinley.
- OCLC:
- 428979234
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