Wolf Island: Discovering the Secrets of a Mythic Animal

by L. David Mech

Book Overview

The world's leading wolf expert describes the first years of a major study that transformed our understanding of one of nature's most iconic creatures In the late 1940s, a small pack of wolves crossed the ice of Lake Superior to the island wilderness of Isle Royale, creating a perfect "laboratory" for a long-term study of predators and prey. As the wolves hunted and killed the island's moose, a young graduate student named Dave Mech began research...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1517908256
• ISBN13: 9781517908256
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.0"