| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 246 pages) : illustrations, portraits |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Author's Note; Preface; 1 The Quest; 2 Some Davids and a Goliath; 3 Hemlock and History; 4 Of Tooth and Claw; 5 And Hares ... and Bears; 6 Of Time and Trout; 7 Stress -- Vulnerability Abounds; 8 The Twig Eaters; 9 Moose Days and Jays; 10 Bet Hedging; 11 The Station; Appendix I -- Technical Expansion on Selected Topics; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author; About the Illustrator. |
| Summary |
Algonquin Wildlife: Lessons in Survival is a celebration of the vast array of wildlife studies ongoing in Ontario's very first provincial park. Probably more research has been done in Algonquin than in any other protected landscape in the world. Norm Quinn, long-time Park Management Biologist in Algonquin, has been fortunate to know and to work with many of those dedicated and unique wildlife researchers who roam and probe the forests and lakes in search of Nature's secrets. His knowledge, experience and sense of humour combine to transform technical biological studies, on moose, wolves, fish a. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Wildlife research -- Ontario -- Algonquin Provincial Park -- History.
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Wildlife research. |
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Ontario -- Algonquin Provincial Park. |
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History. |
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Zoology -- Ontario -- Algonquin Provincial Park.
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Zoology. |
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Algonquin Provincial Park (Ont.) -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Quinn, Norm, 1951- Algonquin wildlife. Toronto : Natural Heritage, ©2002 1896219284 9781896219288 (OCoLC)49929443 |
| ISBN |
9781554880713 electronic book |
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1554880718 electronic book |
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9781459718371 electronic book |
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1459718372 electronic book |
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1896219284 Natural Heritage paperback |
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9781896219288 Dundurn |
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