Posts Tagged: Grey Wolf
Humans drive spatial variation in mortality risk for a threatened wolf population in a Canis hybrid zone
March 9, 2024
Large carnivores often exhibit high survival rates in protected areas, whereas intentional and unintentional human-caused mortality may be greater in adjacent areas. These patterns can result in source-sink dynamics and limit population expansion beyond protected areas. We used telemetry data … read more
Posted in Hunting Wolves | Tagged coyote, eastern wolf, Grey Wolf, Human-caused mortality, hybridization, resource selection, source-sink, spatial mortality risk
Grey wolf genomic history reveals a dual ancestry of dogs
August 31, 2022
The grey wolf (Canis lupus) was the first species to give rise to a domestic population, and they remained widespread throughout the last Ice Age when many other large mammal species went extinct. Little is known, however, about the history … read more
Posted in Biology, Resources | Tagged ancestry, Biology, Dogs, genetics, Grey Wolf
Conflicts and Attitudes Regarding the Return of the Grey Wolf to California
January 31, 2022
Beginning in the mid-nineteenth century, Euro-American settlers began the task of changing the landscape of California from vast expanses of wetland and forest into agricultural land. Since the arrival and eventual settlement of Spanish colonizers, ranching cattle has been a … read more
Posted in Human Dimensions, Resources | Tagged california, conflict, Grey Wolf, northwest, yellowstone
Testing a New Passive Acoustic Recording Unit to Monitor Wolves
October 27, 2020
As part of a broader trial of noninvasive methods to research wild wolves (Canis lupus) in Minnesota, USA, we explored whether wolves could be remotely monitored using a new, inexpensive, remotely deployable, noninvasive, passive acoustic recording device, the AudioMoth. We … read more
Posted in Biology | Tagged acoustic monitoring, AudioMoth, Canis lupus, detection, Grey Wolf, howl, noninvasive, remote
Grey wolf predation on livestock in relation to prey availability
March 31, 2020
Conflict between humans and large carnivores hinders carnivore conservation worldwide. Livestock depredations by large carnivores is the main cause of conflict, triggering poaching and retaliatory killings by humans. Resolving this conflict requires an understanding of the factors that cause large … read more
Posted in Conflicts | Tagged Diet, Grey Wolf, livestock, Prey, Wolf
Comments opposing Delisting Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission
March 6, 2020
These comments on the Proposed Rule to Remove Ma’iingan (Grey Wolf/Canis lupus) from the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife, Docket No. FWS-HQ-ES-2018-0097 (Proposed Rule), have been authorized by the Board of Commissioners (Board) and the Voigt Intertribal Task Force … read more
Posted in Native American | Tagged endangered, Fish, Great Lakes, Grey Wolf, Indian, Ma’iingan, Tribal, Voigt, wildlife, Wolf, wolves