North American Elk Ecology and Management [Print Replica] Kindle Edition

North American Elk: Ecology and Management contains the most up-to-date and comprehensive information on elk behavior, physiology, migration, taxonomy, and management. Thirty-eight contributors from the United States and Canada combine an extraordinary amount of research data, management experience, and professional insight into this book. Full chapters are devoted to distribution, nutrition and food, diseases and parasites, ecosystem management, hunting, the regulation of hunting, the historical relationship between Native Americans and elk, and much more.Two appendices provide common and scientific names of plants and animals cited, and the book is illustrated throughout with drawings, tables, over 550 b&w photographs, and a 16-page section of color photographs. The book's artwork has been provided by Daniel P. Metz, one of North America's premier wildlife artists. Read more