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001 2012034397
003 DLC
005 20140911080045.0
008 121015s2013 ncuab b s001 0 eng
010 $a 2012034397
020 $a9781469601991 (hardback : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda
042 $apcc
043 $an------
050 00 $aQL737.C22$bB43 2013
082 00 $a599.773097$223
084 $aNAT044000$aNAT046000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aBeeland, T. DeLene.
245 14 $aThe secret world of red wolves :$bthe fight to save North America's other wolf /$cT. DeLene Beeland.
250 $a1 [edition].
264 1 $aChapel Hill :$bThe University of North Carolina Press,$c[2013]
300 $axiv, 256 pages :$billustrations, map ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a"Red wolves are shy, elusive, and misunderstood predators. Until the 1800s, they were common in the longleaf pine savannas and deciduous forests of the southeastern United States. But red wolves were nearly annihilated by habitat degradation, persecution, and interbreeding with the coyote. Today, reintroduced red wolves are found only on peninsular northeastern North Carolina within less than 1 percent of their former range. In "The Secret World of Red Wolves," nature writer T. DeLene Beeland shadows the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's pioneering recovery program over the course of a year to craft an intimate portrait of the red wolf, its history, and its restoration. Her engaging portrait of this top-level predator traces the intense effort of conservation personnel to restore a species that has slipped to the verge of extinction. Beeland weaves together the voices of scientists, conservationists, and local landowners while posing larger questions about human coexistence with red wolves, our understanding of what defines this animal as a distinct species and how climate change may swamp its current habitat"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 231-241) and index.
650 0 $aRed wolf$zNorth America$xConservation.
650 0 $aWildlife conservation$zNorth America.
650 7 $aNATURE / Animals / Wolves.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aNATURE / Endangered Species.$2bisacsh