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  Title: Arctic wolves and their prey - Mech
Mech, L. An example of endurance in an old wolf.
Mech, L. Alpha status, dominance, and division of labor in wolf packs.
Mech, L. Lack of reproduction in muskoxen and arctic
www.arctic.noaa.gov /essay_mech.html   (1144 words)

  
 Wolves and Caribou in Denali National Park, Alaska
Mech, L.D. Wolf numbers in the Superior National Forest of Minnesota.
Mech, L.D. Current techniques in the study of elusive wilderness carnivores.
Mech, L.D., T.J. Meier, J.W. Burch, and L.G. Adams.
biology.usgs.gov /s%2Bt/noframe/s037.htm   (1083 words)

  
 International Wolf Center Full Text Scientific Articles
Assuming that in 1986 Mom was at least three years old (the age at which Whitey began producing pups) and probably more like five years old judging from her general appearance and behavior, she must have been seven to nine years old when she stopped reproducing, and she could have been much older.
GESE, E.M., and MECH, L.D. Dispersal of wolves (Canis lupus) in northeastern Minnesota, 1969-1989.
LAIKRE, L., and RYMAN, L. Inbreeding depression in a captive wolf population.
www.wolf.org /wolves/learn/scientific/mech1.asp   (2665 words)

  
 The Far Reach of David Mech - Minnesota Conservation Volunteer: Minnesota DNR
Forty years ago Mech was a graduate student at Purdue University, studying the wolves of Isle Royale in Lake Superior with the renowned Durward Allen.
Mech continued to study the wolves, traveling to Ellesmere every summer and adding to his wealth of knowledge about their behavior in a pack.
Mech hopes he has longer but imagines a time, perhaps soon, when he will not be able to traverse these wide-open spaces.
www.dnr.state.mn.us /volunteer/janfeb04/mech.html   (1945 words)

  
 ttgapers.com store - Wolves : Behavior, Ecology, and Conservation - University Of Chicago Press - Product Details   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
If David L Mech's original book "the Wolf"(1970) has been known by wolf students and admirers as the 'Bible', then this new text must be known as the new testament.
Dr's Mech and Boitani must be applauded for the presentation of their material in a very readable style, scientific but not so complicated that the average reader or wolf enthusiast cannot make sense of the information provided.
Until Dr David L Mech writes his next Wolf book (which is always an event in itself) THIS is the only book on wolves that anyone needs in their collection.
www.ttgapers.com /ttStore-index2-asin-0226516962.html   (916 words)

  
 L. David Mech - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
David Mech is an internationally recognized wolf expert, who is a senior research scientist for U.S. Department of the Interior (since 1970) and an adjunct professor at the University of Minnesota in St.
He has studied wolves on Isle Royale, in Minnesota, Canada, Italy, Alaska, Yellowstone, and elsewhere since 1958.
Mech is one of the founding members of the International Wolf Center and still sits in as one of the Board of Directors.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/L_David_Mech   (339 words)

  
 Gray Wolves
After wolves were protected in 1974 by the Endangered Species Act of 1973, their numbers and distribution in Minnesota increased, and individuals began recolonizing Wisconsin (Mech and Nowak 1981).
1992), and heartworm (Dirofilaria immitis; Mech and Fritts 1987).
Thieking, A., S.M. Goyal, R.F. Berg, K.L. Loken, L.D. Mech, and R.P. Thiel.
biology.usgs.gov /s+t/noframe/c036.htm   (1320 words)

  
 L. David Mech   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The wolves of Minnesota: Howl in the heartland.
Mech, L. Adams, T. Meier, J. Burch and B. Dale.
Mech, L. The wolf: Ecology and behavior of an endangered species.
www.fw.umn.edu /Personnel/Faculty/Mech.html   (236 words)

  
 Wolf Management In The 21st Century
Because wolves are prolific (Mech 1970) and can disperse distances exceeding 800 km (Fritts 1983, Gese and Mech 1991), conflicts will probably continue to increase, and intensive wolf management will become increasingly necessary.
Mech, L.D. The wolf: The ecology and behavior of an endangered species.
Mech, L. David, Steven H. Fritts, and Michael E. Nelson.
www.mnforsustain.org /wolf_management_in_the_21st_century.htm   (2693 words)

  
 Press Release 04/02/04 - TRI-STATE GRIZZLY BEAR GROUP HOLDING SPRING MEETING IN JACKSON APRIL 7-8 - 1593
Mech has also served as a wildlife professor at the University of Minnesota since 1979 and is currently a senior research scientist and team leader of the Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center’s wolf project.
He is continuing his wolf research with current projects looking at relationships between wild prey nutrition and predation of livestock and the biology of restored wolf populations.
Mech has received numerous Wildlife Society awards, including the “Aldo Leopold Award for Distinguished Service to Wildlife Conservation.” In addition, Mech was recently awarded “Natural Resources Researcher of the Year” by the National Park Service.
gf.state.wy.us /services/news/pressreleases/04/04/02/040402_3.asp   (289 words)

  
 Alibris: L. David Mech
Mech's landmark study of wolves and moose on Isle Royale National Park on Lake Superior.
Now an international bestseller, these are the fascinating adventures of a leading wolf expert on a National Geographic expedition, as he tracks the rare white Arctic wolf to its den and lives with the wolf pack.
In 1988, internationally recognized wolf authority and biologist L. David Mech broke new ground with his bestselling The Arctic Wolf: Living with the Pack (the story of Mech's probing study of a pack of these rare animals on an island in the Arctic Ocean).
www.alibris.com /search/books/author/L._David_Mech   (685 words)

  
 Powell's Books - The Wolves of Minnesota: Howl in the Heartland by L David Mech
But while some applaud the wolf's return, others worry about the human cultural costs of maintaining such a large population, and others wonder if that population is too high for the wolf's own good.
David ("Wolfman") Mech and comprising the work of several researchers who have studied Minnesota wolves, The Wolves of Minnesota is an authoritative account of the background of the wolf in Minnesota.
David Mech is best known and most highly regarded wolf researcher in the world.
www.powells.com /cgi-bin/biblio?inkey=17-0896585093-0   (265 words)

  
 L. David Mech   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
L. David Mech (pronounced "Meech") is a Senior Scientist with the Biological Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey and an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology, and Ecology, Evolution and Behavior at the University of Minnesota.
Although administration of his U.S. Geological Survey research is through Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center, he is headquartered on the St. Paul Campus of the University of Minnesota in the Gabbert Raptor Center, 1920 Fitch Ave., St. Paul, MN 55108.
Mech is also founder and vice chair of the International Wolf Center, and chair of the ICUN Wolf Specialist Group.
www.davemech.org   (134 words)

  
 NPWRC Staff -- Dave Mech
Mech, L. The arctic wolf: ten years with the pack.
Mech, L. The challenge and opportunity of recovering wolf populations.
Mech, L. The arctic wolf: living with the pack.
www.npwrc.usgs.gov /info/staff/mech.htm   (358 words)

  
 L David Mech - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
L David Mech - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about L David Mech contains research on
L David Mech, Education, Research and External Link.
www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/L_David_Mech   (369 words)

  
 International Wolf Center Full Text Scientific Articles
Mech, L. David and Harper, E. Differential Use of a Wolf, Canis lupus, Pack Territory Edge and Core.
DelGiudice, G. D., Kerr, K. D., Mech, L. David, Riggs, M. R., and Seal, Ulysses S. Urinary 3-Methylhistidine and Progressive Winter Undernutrition in White-Tailed Deer.
If you are not able to locate the article you are looking for, search for full-text articles or abstracts by L. David Mech on the Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center Web site.
www.wolf.org /wolves/learn/scientific/mech_pdf.asp   (244 words)

  
 L. David Mech   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Years of research during the 1960s in Michigan's Isle Royale National Park provided Mech with a level of firsthand knowledge shared by few in the field.
Like any self-respecting scientist, Mech includes all the hard data, but he presents his work in an engaging manner that is accessible to a broader audience, drawing heavily on anecdotes and personal experience.
But no one denies that the animal is strong, powerful, intelligent, keen, and dynamic." While persecution by man has severely restricted its current status, the tide is turning, thanks to education and conservation efforts.
www.flustercook.com /kitchen/authorsearch_L.%20David%20Mech/mode_books.html   (827 words)

  
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Hunting caribou, Dall sheep, and moose in the shadow of Mount McKinley, the wolves of Alaska's Denali National Park form one of the largest protected populations in the world.
For over nine years these wolves have been the subject of intense research by a group of renowned scientists led by L. David Mech.
Mech's pioneering The Wolf helped to take our understanding beyond the wolf as a reflection of human character, to draw the wolf from the shadows of myth and place it in the realm of biology.
www.upress.umn.edu /mech/intro.html   (577 words)

  
 Wolves by L. David Mech and Luigi Boitani   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Wolves by L. David Mech and Luigi Boitani
David Mech is senior research scientist with the Biological Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey and adjunct professor in the Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology and the Department of Ecology and Behavioral Biology at the University of Minnesota.
He is author of The Wolf: The Ecology and Behavior of an Endangered Species, The Way of the Wolf, and The Arctic Wolf, and coauthor of The Wolves of Denali.
www.press.uchicago.edu /News/0402mechprs.html   (470 words)

  
 C:\HMPRO2\gifs\mech0000.htm   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
David Mech (L. David Mech is now working for the Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center--see their site
Ongoing study of (1) wolf population trend and wolf-deer coactions in the Superior National Forest, Minnesota, 1968 to present, (2) wolf-population trend and wolf-caribou coactions in Denali National Park, Alaska, 1986 to present, and (3) wolf social behavior on Ellesmere Island, Canada, 1986 to present.
David Mech is now working for the Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center--see their site http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/ for current information about Dave Mech
www.pwrc.usgs.gov /mech.htm   (207 words)

  
 The Arctic Wolf: Ten Years With the Pack by L. David Mech 0896583538 - Direct Textbook Details and Reviews   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Mech has been studying the same pack of wolves in the Arctic since the mid-1980s.
Now, a decade later, Dr. Mech invites you to celebrate ten years with the pack in this special anniversary edition in which he shares dozens of new photographs and the latest news about the pack along with his original text and photographs.
David Mech has studied wolves and their prey full-time since 1958, except for a four-year period when he studied radio-tracking.
www.directtextbook.com /reviews/0896583538   (269 words)

  
 Please Ask L. David Mech To Defend Wolves! Petition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
David Mech and the United States Government that we are not ready to lose of our Wolves and our wilderness to the greed of special interests...
Is it that Mech's state has been so successful with their Wolves the he is blind to the fact that Minnesota isn't the entire world and that the rest of us who love Wolves might like to bring them back to our states as well?
David Mech is a well published Wolf expert.
www.thepetitionsite.com /takeaction/168726631   (1249 words)

  
 PUBLIC INVITED TO HEAR RENOWNED WOLF RESEARCHER IN LANDER AND CHEYENNE
Mech is an internationally recognized wolf expert who has conducted landmark research on the species.
As one of the wolf experts chosen to review Wyoming’s proposed wolf management plan, Mech supported the proposed plan and dual classification in the Cowboy State.
Mech has studied wolves as a wildlife research biologist for the U.S. Department of the Interior since 1970, specializing in wolf ecology and behavior, predator-prey relations and population regulation.
www.outdoorcentral.com /mc/pr/04/04/05f4.asp   (291 words)

  
 David_l_mech   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
David Mech, Layne G. Adams, Thomas J. Meier
Fantastic, informative and 'A MUST READ' : For anyone with a serious interest in Wolf Ecology or Dog Psychology this is a'Must Read.'.
In the book Mech draws on his own observations of wolf behaviour, as well as those of other influential wolf researchers...
books.mysic.ca /Author/David_L_Mech   (447 words)

  
 National Park Service—Natural Resource Year in Review—2004
Award-winner: L. David Mech, leader in wolf research, receives Director's Award for Natural Resource Research
David Mech has studied wolves across North America, and his understanding of their behavior and ecological role has become the basis of wolf management throughout the Northern Hemisphere.
As a result of his efforts, the human role in the wolf’s future will be an enlightened one.
www2.nature.nps.gov /YearInReview/05_J.html   (594 words)

  
 International Wolf Centre Expeditions
Our first meeting with Dr. Mech occurred by chance in 1996 when one of our trip leaders - Steve Lybeck, while on his way home from guiding Ecoventure trips on the Thelon - inadvertently ran into Dr.
David Mech on the flight south out of Yellowknife.
It turns out that Mech was also on his way home from a month spent at his famed wolf site on Elsmere Island.
www.thelon.com /iwc.htm   (275 words)

  
 Buy.com - Wolves of Denali : L. David Mech : ISBN 0816629595
David Mech Thomas J. Meier Bruce W. Dale
For more than nine years the wolves in Alaska's Denali National Park were the subject of intense research by a group of renowned scientists led by L. David Mech.
The result of their work is the most comprehensive study of a population of wolves and their prey ever available.
www.buy.com /prod/Wolves_of_Denali/q/loc/106/31106441.html   (312 words)

  
 Amazon.com: The Way of the Wolf (Wildlife): Books: L. David Mech   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Wolf: The Ecology and Behavior of an Endangered Species by L.
Wolves : Behavior, Ecology, and Conservation by L.
Mech is the alpha wolf of wolf biologist.
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