Mammal Tracks and Sign of the Northeast

Written by Diane K. Gibbons

Published by University Press of New England 2003
ISBN: 1-58465-242-X,

$17.95 at Amazon or University Press of New England

Mammal Tracks and Sign of the Northeast was voted an "Outstanding Title" by the 2004 University Press Books Committee. Outstanding Titles are defined as having exceptional editorial content and subject matter. They are essential editions to most library collections.

This book is a compact field guide to mammal tracks with detailed illustrations, concise useful information, and a dichotomous key for identification. Mammal Tracks and Sign of the Northeast is a guide for identifying the tracks of mammal species native to the region which extends from New England, New York, and Pennsylvania to eastern Canada.

Simple to use and light and easy to carry in the field, the book contains the most important information that a tracker will need—including life-size illustrations of tracks and scat, gait patterns, trail width, species habitat, food sources, scat and urine information, breeding seasons, range maps, and special tracking tips for all thirty-seven species.

A unique dichotomous key devised by the author allows trackers to identify even the most confusing track through a process of elimination.

About the Author:
Diane Gibbons is the author of Mammal Tracks and Sign of the Northeast (978-1-5846-5242-7). She lives in New Hampshire. Mark Elbroch is the author of Mammal Tracks & Sign (978-0-8117-2626-9) and Bird Tracks & Sign (978-0-8117-2696-2). He lives in California.