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Description: |
xxii, 962 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 29 cm |
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General Note: |
Originally published: Elk of North America. Harrisburg, Pa. : Stackpole Books, ©1982. |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 853-948) and index. |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: Taxonomy / Bart W. O'Gara -- Distribution: past and present / Bart W. O'Gara and Robert G. Dundas -- Elk and Indians: then again / Richard E. McCabe -- Physical and physiological adaptations / Robert J. Hudson and Jerry C. Haigh with contributions by Anthony Bubenik -- Nutrition and food / John G. Cook -- Diseases and parasites / E. Tom Thorne [and others] -- Adaptive behavioral strategies / Valerius Geist -- Elk interactions with other ungulates / William Miller -- Population characteristics / Kenneth J. Raedeke, Joshua J. Millspaugh and Patrick E. Clark -- Migration / Larry L. Irwin -- Elk and ecosystem management / Allen T. Cooperrider -- Elk habitat selection and evaluation / Jon M. Skovlin, Peter Zager and Bruce K. Johnson -- Elk and land management / Michael L. Wolfe, John F. Kimball Jr., and Gregory T.M. Schildwachter -- Supplemental feeding and farming of elk / James M. Peek [and others] -- Hunting red deer and elk: old and new worlds / Bart W. O'Gara -- Recreational use of elk / S. Dwight Bunnell [and others] -- Regulating the hunt / David H. Stalling, Gary J. Wolfe and Dan K. Crockett -- The future of elk and elk management / Dale E. Toweill and Jack Ward Thomas. |
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Summary, Etc. Note: |
Summary: North American Elk: Ecology and Management contains the most up-to-date information on elk behavior, physiology, migration, taxonomy, and management. Full chapters are devoted to distribution, nutrition and food, diseases and parasites, ecosystem management, hunting, the regulation of hunting, the historical relationship between Native Americans and elk, and much more. The editors, Toweill and Thomas, conclude with a thorough discussion of the future of elk and their management. Book jacket. |