Download or read book Coyote America written by Dan Flores and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2016-06-07 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times best-selling account of how coyotes--long the target of an extermination policy--spread to every corner of the United States Finalist for the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award "A masterly synthesis of scientific research and personal observation." -Wall Street Journal Legends don't come close to capturing the incredible story of the coyote. In the face of centuries of campaigns of annihilation employing gases, helicopters, and engineered epidemics, coyotes didn't just survive, they thrived, expanding across the continent from Alaska to New York. In the war between humans and coyotes, coyotes have won, hands-down. Coyote America is the illuminating five-million-year biography of this extraordinary animal, from its origins to its apotheosis. It is one of the great epics of our time.
Download or read book The First Domestication written by Raymond Pierotti and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2017-11-28 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A riveting look at how dog and humans became best friends, and the first history of dog domestication to include insights from indigenous peoples In this fascinating book, Raymond Pierotti and Brandy Fogg change the narrative about how wolves became dogs and in turn, humanity’s best friend. Rather than describe how people mastered and tamed an aggressive, dangerous species, the authors describe coevolution and mutualism. Wolves, particularly ones shunned by their packs, most likely initiated the relationship with Paleolithic humans, forming bonds built on mutually recognized skills and emotional capacity. This interdisciplinary study draws on sources from evolutionary biology as well as tribal and indigenous histories to produce an intelligent, insightful, and often unexpected story of cooperative hunting, wolves protecting camps, and wolf-human companionship. This fascinating assessment is a must-read for anyone interested in human evolution, ecology, animal behavior, anthropology, and the history of canine domestication.
Download or read book Coyotes and Wolves Are Not Pets written by Barbara M. Linde and published by Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP. This book was released on 2013-08-01 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coyotes and wolves may look like the neighbor's dogs, but don't be fooled. They're wild animals and are ruled by instinct. This book explains how dogs were domesticated over hundreds of years to be suitable companions for people. Readers come to know the differences between coyotes, wolves, and man's best friend. Real-life canine encounters underscore the issues and offer a persuasive viewpoint about the practice of keeping wild animals as pets.
Download or read book Coyotes Wolves and People written by Candace D. Bennett and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Coyote abundance across the United States increased during the past century due in part to 1) the decline of large carnivores (e.g., wolves) and 2) coyotes' ability to adapt to human-altered landscapes. However, the recent recolonization of wolves and increasing urbanization in parts of the west might have negative impacts on coyote abundance. To address this issue, I examined coyote relative abundance on an urban- wildland gradient in northeastern Washington. For this study simulated gray wolf vocalizations were used to estimate coyote relative abundance from return vocalizations. Relative abundance was compared between five land-use categories (urban center, low- density residential, close protected, unfarmed rural, and distant protected) and three seasons (1, May- August; 2, September- December; 3, January- April). Analysis of 408 coyote vocalizations revealed relative abundance was greatest in the close protected and unfarmed rural land-use categories when compared to the urban center. Season 2 also had greater coyote relative abundance when compared to Seasons 1 and 3. In addition I measured ten natural (maximum variation of elevation, elevation, distance to water, percent tree cover, and gray wolf presence) and human-altered (commercial density, distance to urban center, house density, livestock usage, and road density) landscape characteristics using ArcGIS. Multiple regression analysis revealed that coyote relative abundance was negatively associated with roads and maximum variation of elevation, but positively associated with gray wolf presence and marginally positive with tree cover. Finally, four session variables (moon fullness, season, temperature, and time since sunset) were measured throughout the sample year. Multiple regression revealed that moon fullness and time since sunset were negatively associated with coyote return vocalizations. This study provides baseline information on the combined effects of increasing urbanization and initial recolonization of wolves on coyote relative abundance in northeastern Washington"--Document.
Download or read book Wild Dogs written by Deborah Hodge and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Easy-to-read text and detailed illustrations meet the research needs of young children and satisfy their curiosity about some of their favorite animals.
Download or read book The Secret World of Red Wolves written by T. DeLene Beeland and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2013-06-10 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. However, habitat degradation, persecution, and interbreeding with the coyote nearly annihilated them. Today, reintroduced red wolves are found only in 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 exploration of this top-level predator traces the intense effort of conservation personnel to save 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.
Download or read book Wolves and Coyotes written by Joanne Mattern and published by Red Chair Press. This book was released on 2018-08-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thick fur. Thin face or wide face. Long howls or short yips. Is it a wolf or a coyote? Learn how these beautiful wild creatures are alike and how they differ.
Download or read book Seasons of the Sacred Earth written by Cliff Seruntine and published by Llewellyn Worldwide. This book was released on 2013 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cliff Seruntine describes his family's adventures living on a secluded homestead in Nova Scotia.
Download or read book Suburban Howls written by Jonathan G Way and published by . This book was released on 2014-06 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about the experiences and findings of a biologist studying eastern coyote ecology and behavior in urbanized eastern Massachusetts. It is written in layman's language and weaves in research results with personal experiences to give a fuller picture understand canid ecology and behavior while making it easy to read
Download or read book Wolves and Human Communities written by Virginia Ashby Sharpe and published by Shearwater Books. This book was released on 2001 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like wolf restoration activities in the West, the proposal to reintroduce wolves into the Adirondacks has generated intense public debate. The idea of returning top predators to settled landscapes raises complicated questions on issues ranging from property rights to wildlife management to obligations to present and future generations.
Download or read book Can You Tell a Coyote from a Wolf written by Buffy Silverman and published by Lerner Publications. This book was released on 2012 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents information on how to tell the difference between coyotes and wolves, even though they are similar in many ways.
Download or read book Myths and Truths About Coyotes written by Carol Cartaino and published by Menasha Ridge Press. This book was released on 2010-11-01 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coyotes hold a peculiar interest as both an enduring symbol of the wild and a powerful predator we are always anxious to avoid. This book examines the spread of coyotes across the country over the past century, and the storm of concern and controversy that has followed. Individual chapters cover the surprisingly complex question of how to identify a coyote, the real and imagined dangers they pose, their personality and lifestyle, and nondeadly ways of discouraging them.
Download or read book Hints on Wolf and Coyote Trapping written by Stanley P. Young and published by U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. This book was released on 2015-03-23 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Example in this ebook The range of coyotes and wolves in the United States to-day is confined mainly to the immense area west of the Mississippi River. Wolves, however, have been so materially reduced in numbers west of the one-hundredth meridian that except for those drifting into the United States from the northern States of Mexico, they are the cause of little concern. The areas now most heavily infested with wolves are in Alaska, eastern Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan. A few r of these animals are found also in northern Louisiana and eastward along the Gulf coastal area into Mississippi. Coyotes, on the other hand, exist in all the Western States, as well as in the Mid-Western States above listed as inhabited by wolves. They have also been reported in Orleans County, N. Y., and in southeastern Alabama where introduced. To be continue in this ebook
Download or read book The Lives of Wolves written by Stan Tekiela and published by Adventure Publications. This book was released on 2012-03-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Photographs and descriptions of the nine North American species of the Canidae family--Gray Wolf, Red Wolf, Coyote, Red Fox, Gray Fox, Swift Fox, Kit Fox, Arctic Fox and Island Gray Fox.
Download or read book Wolf and Coyote Trapping An Up to Date Wolf Hunter s Guide written by A. R. Harding and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-07-20 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains much value to those who expect to follow the business of catching wolves and coyotes. For while there are certain wild animals which when hard pressed by severe cold and hunger, will raid the farmers and ranchmen's yards, killing fowls and stock, none will destroy so much stock as wolves and coyotes as they largely live upon the property of farmers, settlers and ranchmen to which they add game as they can get it. While these animals are trapped, shot, poisoned, hunted with dogs, etc., their numbers, in some states, seem to be on the increase rather than the decrease in face of the fact that heavy bounties are offered. The fact that wolf and coyote scalps command a bounty, in many states, and in addition their pelts are valuable, makes the hunting and trapping of these animals of no little importance. One thing that has helped to keep the members of these "howlers" so numerous is the fact that they are among the shrewdest animals in America.
Download or read book Coyotes and Wolves Are Not Pets written by Barbara Linde and published by . This book was released on 2013-08-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coyotes and wolves may look like the neighbor's dogs, but don't be fooled. They're wild animals and are ruled by instinct. This book explains how dogs were domesticated over hundreds of years to be suitable companions for people. Readers come to know the differences between coyotes, wolves, and man's best friend. Real-life canine encounters underscore the issues and offer a persuasive viewpoint about the practice of keeping wild animals as pets.
Download or read book Population Genetics of Coyotes Foxes and Wolves written by Niles Edward Lehman and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
