Wolves are some of the world's most charismatic and controversial
animals, capturing the imaginations of their friends and foes
alike. Highly intelligent and adaptable, they hunt and play
together in close-knit packs, sometimes roaming over hundreds of
square miles in search of food. Once teetering on the brink of
extinction across much of the United States and Europe, wolves have
made a tremendous comeback in recent years, thanks to legal
protection, changing human attitudes, and efforts to reintroduce
them to suitable habitats in North America. As wolf populations
have rebounded, scientific studies of them have also flourished.
But there hasn't been a systematic, comprehensive overview of wolf
biology since 1970. In Wolves, many of the world's leading wolf
experts provide state-of-the-art coverage of just about everything
you could want to know about these fascinating creatures.
Individual chapters cover wolf social ecology, behavior,
communication, feeding habits and hunting techniques, population
dynamics, physiology and pathology, molecular genetics, evolution
and taxonomy, interactions with nonhuman animals such as bears and
coyotes, reintroduction, interactions with humans, and conservation
and recovery efforts. The book discusses both gray and red wolves
in detail and includes information about wolves around the world,
from the United States and Canada to Italy, Romania, Saudi Arabia,
Israel, India, and Mongolia. Wolves is also extensively illustrated
with black and white photos, line drawings, maps, and fifty color
plates. Unrivalled in scope and comprehensiveness, Wolves will
become the definitive resource on these extraordinary animals for
scientists and amateurs alike. "An excellent compilation of current
knowledge, with contributions from all the main players in wolf
research. . . . It is designed for a wide readership, and certainly
the language and style will appeal to both scientists and
lucophiles alike. . . . This is an excellent summary of current
knowledge and will remain the standard reference work for a long
time to come."--Stephen Harris, New Scientist "This is the place to
find almost any fact you want about wolves."--Stephen Mills, BBC
Wildlife Magazine
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