Author Archives: Nathan Lyle
Demographic history shapes North American gray wolf genomic diversity and informs species’ conservation
November 29, 2023
Effective population size estimates are critical information needed for evolutionary predictions and conservation decisions. This is particularly true for species with social factors that restrict access to breeding or experience repeated fluctuations in population size across generations. Further, if isolated, … read more
Wolves alter the trajectory of forests by shaping the central place foraging behaviour of an ecosystem engineer
November 29, 2023
Predators can directly and indirectly alter the foraging behaviour of prey through direct predation and the risk of predation, and in doing so, initiate indirect effects that influence myriad species and ecological processes. We describe how wolves indirectly alter the … read more
Posted in Beaver, Predator/Prey Relationships, Resources | Tagged alter, central place, forests, shaping, trajectory, wolves
Wolf Status in Michigan October 2023
October 27, 2023
Wolves have been part of the Great Lakes fauna since the melting of the last glacier and as such are native to the land area known as Michigan. Stebler (1951) indicated that pioneer documents and museum specimens show wolves were … read more
Posted in Great Lakes Wolves, News, Regional Wolves
Developing a cost-effective technique to estimate wolf abundance in Michigan
October 27, 2023
Posted in Great Lakes Wolves, News, Regional Wolves
Michigan Wolf Facts October 2023
October 27, 2023
In 2016, legislators ignored scientific evidence and the will of Michigan voters to pass a law authorizing a trophy hunting and commercial trapping season on our state’s wolves, if their federal protections are removed. Just because we can kill wolves … read more
Posted in Great Lakes Wolves, News, Regional Wolves
2022-2023 Greater Voyageurs Ecosystem Wolf Pack and Population Size Report
October 27, 2023
During April 2022-April 2023, we estimated the area of 8 wolf pack home ranges/territories and estimated the size of 20 wolf packs based on an average of 11.7 independent observations of each pack at the estimated size (i.e., the number … read more
Posted in Great Lakes Wolves, News, Regional Wolves
