Abundance, social organization, and population trend of the arctic wolf in north and east Greenland during 1978–1998

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Zoology
• Main Author: Marquard-Petersen, Ulf
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2009
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Arctic; Greenland; Lone; Canis lupus; East Greenland; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z09-078; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/full-xml/10.1139/Z09-078; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/Z09-078

Abundance, social organization, and population trend of the arctic wolf ( Canis lupus arctos Pocock, 1935) in north and east Greenland, 1978–1998, were determined from 353 sightings of 552 wolves by the Danish military, by expeditions, and from 8 consecutive years (1991–1998) of fieldwork. Available...