Bringing back the wolves : how a predator restored an ecosystem
- Responsibility
- written by Jude Isabella ; illustrated by Kim Smith
- Publication
- Toronto, ON : Kids Can Press, [2020]
- Copyright notice
- ©2020
- Physical description
- 39 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 29 cm
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| Call number | Status |
|---|---|
| QL737 .C22 I83 2020 |
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Description
Creators/Contributors
- Author/Creator
- Isabella, Jude, author.
- Contributor
- Smith, Kim, 1986- illustrator.
Contents/Summary
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (page 38) and index
- Contents
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- An unintentional experiment
- Taming the wild
- The food web
- Silence in the valley
- Portrait of a wolf...
- And its pack
- A predator moves in
- An ungulate buffet
- Tree transformation
- Business as usual for bison
- Canids in the middle
- Sky full of predators
- Feathered frenemies
- Grizzled giants...
- And creeping crawlies
- The valley sings again
- The return of the beaver
- Mending the web
- Summary
- "In 1995, the gray wolf was reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park after a seventy-year absence. All these years later, we can clearly see the cascading effects this has had on the park's ecosystem. This is a spectacular example of a trophic cascade, the term used when an important member of an ecosystem goes missing and many other living things are indirectly affected, causing a chain reaction of events. In the case of the reintroduced wolves of Yellowstone, the chain reaction went as far as changing the behavior of waterways and the surrounding geology. This book is a fascinating exploration of the transformations that have taken place in Yellowstone National Park since the wolves returned -- including the monumental changes to the landscape and to all the animals that live there -- clearly told through lively narrative and food web infographics."-- Provided by publisher
Subjects
- Subjects
- Gray wolf > Reintroduction > Yellowstone National Park > Juvenile literature.
- Gray wolf > Ecology > Yellowstone National Park > Juvenile literature.
- Yellowstone National Park > Environmental conditions > Juvenile literature.
- Wolves > Reintroduction > Yellowstone National Park > Juvenile literature.
- Ecology > Yellowstone River Valley > Juvenile literature.
- Forest ecology > Yellowstone National Park > Juvenile literature.
- Wildlife management > Yellowstone National Park > Juvenile literature.
- Wildlife reintroduction > United States > Juvenile literature.
- Gray wolf > Juvenile literature.
- Wolves > Juvenile literature.
- Wildlife reintroduction > Juvenile literature.
- Endangered species > Juvenile literature.
- Yellowstone National Park > Juvenile literature.
- Genre
- Informational works.
- Illustrated works.
Bibliographic information
- Publication date
- 2020
- Copyright date
- 2020
- ISBN
- 9781771386258 (hardcover)
- 1771386258 (hardcover)
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