Where the Wild Things Were Life, Death, and Ecological Wreckage in a Land of Vanishing Predators

Name: Where the Wild Things Were Life, Death, and Ecological Wreckage in a Land of Vanishing Predators
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ISBN: 9781596912991

ISBN-10: 1596912995

ISBN-13: 9781596912991

Edition: 2008

Authors: William Stolzenburg

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A provocative look at how the disappearance of the world’s great predators has upset the delicate balance of the environment, and what their disappearance portends for the future, by an acclaimed science journalist. It wasn’t so long ago that wolves and great cats, monstrous fish and flying raptors ruled the peak of nature’s food pyramid. Not so anymore. All but exterminated, these predators of the not-too-distant past have been reduced to minor players of the modern era. And what of it? Wildlife journalist William Stolzenburg follows in the wake of nature’s topmost carnivores, and finds chaos in their absence. From the brazen mobs of deer and marauding raccoons of backyard America to…

Book details

List price: $24.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Publication date: 7/8/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English

Will Stolzenburg has studied predator control techniques and worked as a wildlife technician, monitoring endangered species. He has written hundreds of magazine features and columns on the ecology of rarity and extinction for Science News and Nature Conservancy, among others. He lives in Shepherdstown, West Virginia.



Prologue: The Grizzly in the Room



Arms of the Starfish



Planet Predator



Forest of the Sea Otter



The Whale Killer



Ecological Meltdown



Bambi's Revenge



Little Monsters' Ball



Valley of Fear



The Lions of Zion



Dead Creatures Walking



The Loneliest Predator


Epilogue: Alone on the Hill


Acknowledgments


Notes


Bibliography


Index