Watch the Bear : A Half Century with the Brown Bears of Alaska / Derek Stonorov.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stonorov, Derek, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brown bear--Alaska.

Brown bear.

Brown bear--Behavior--Alaska.

Zoology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2023]

Summary:

"Derek Stonorov has spent his life studying brown bear behavior in Alaska as a student and staff member of the world famous McNeil River Game Sanctuary. His new book chronicles half a century of his remarkable field experience with brown bears as a viewing guide and educator"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part 1

1. We Thought the World Would Never Run Out of Wild Animals

2. Causation and Function

3. Meeting Molly

4. My Best Choice

5. Egegik and Akutaq

Part 2

6. First Bear

7. A Dance of Displeasure

8. Now I Understand-Social Bears

9. Becharof Days

10. How Do You Know That?

Part 3

11. Big Rock Candy Mountain

12. Sex, Drugs, and Confrontation

13. Signals and Rituals

14. The Crux of the Biscuit-Extraordinary Bears

15. Higher Education

16. Hell for Stout

Part 4

17. Return to McNeil

18. Being Alpha

19. Where the Bears Are

20. Ages and Stages

21. Bonds and Maturity

22. Freude der Bären

Part 5

23. Alaska Bear Quest

24. Ephraim River

25. Bear Watching

26. Snow Bear

27. Sterling

28. Safety in Bear Country.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Stonorov, Derek Watch the Bear

ISBN:

9781496234964

OCLC:

1365609686