Faster and farther: wolf movement on linear features and implications for hunting behaviour
Summary Predation by grey wolves Canis lupus has been identified as an important cause of boreal woodland caribou Rangifer tarandus caribou mortality, and it has been hypothesized that wolf use of human‐created linear features such as seismic lines, pipelines and roads increases movement, resulting...
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crwiley:10.1111/1365-2664.12732 2024-06-23T07:51:59+00:00 Faster and farther: wolf movement on linear features and implications for hunting behaviour Dickie, Melanie Serrouya, Robert McNay, R. Scott Boutin, Stan du Toit, Johan Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute and Ducks Unlimited Remote Sensing 2016 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12732 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2F1365-2664.12732 https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/1365-2664.12732 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Journal of Applied Ecology volume 54, issue 1, page 253-263 ISSN 0021-8901 1365-2664 journal-article 2016 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12732 2024-06-06T04:20:36Z Summary Predation by grey wolves Canis lupus has been identified as an important cause of boreal woodland caribou Rangifer tarandus caribou mortality, and it has been hypothesized that wolf use of human‐created linear features such as seismic lines, pipelines and roads increases movement, resulting in higher kill rates. We tested if wolves select linear features and whether movement rates increased while travelling on linear features in north‐eastern Alberta and north‐western Saskatchewan using 5‐min GPS (Global Positioning System) locations from twenty‐two wolves in six packs. Wolves selected all but two linear feature classes, with the magnitude of selection depending on feature class and season. Wolves travelled two to three times faster on linear features compared to the natural forest. Increased average daily travelling speed while on linear features and increased proportion of steps spent travelling on linear features increased net daily movement rates, suggesting that wolf use of linear features can increase their search rate. Synthesis and applications . Our findings that wolves move faster and farther on human‐created linear features can inform mitigation strategies intended to decrease predation on woodland caribou, a threatened species. Of the features that can realistically be restored, mitigation strategies such as silviculture and linear deactivation (i.e. tree‐felling and fencing) should prioritize conventional seismic lines (i.e. cleared lines used for traditional oil and gas exploration) and pipelines, as they were selected by wolves and increased travelling speed, before low‐impact seismic lines. Article in Journal/Newspaper Canis lupus Rangifer tarandus Wiley Online Library Journal of Applied Ecology 54 1 253 263 |
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Summary Predation by grey wolves Canis lupus has been identified as an important cause of boreal woodland caribou Rangifer tarandus caribou mortality, and it has been hypothesized that wolf use of human‐created linear features such as seismic lines, pipelines and roads increases movement, resulting in higher kill rates. We tested if wolves select linear features and whether movement rates increased while travelling on linear features in north‐eastern Alberta and north‐western Saskatchewan using 5‐min GPS (Global Positioning System) locations from twenty‐two wolves in six packs. Wolves selected all but two linear feature classes, with the magnitude of selection depending on feature class and season. Wolves travelled two to three times faster on linear features compared to the natural forest. Increased average daily travelling speed while on linear features and increased proportion of steps spent travelling on linear features increased net daily movement rates, suggesting that wolf use of linear features can increase their search rate. Synthesis and applications . Our findings that wolves move faster and farther on human‐created linear features can inform mitigation strategies intended to decrease predation on woodland caribou, a threatened species. Of the features that can realistically be restored, mitigation strategies such as silviculture and linear deactivation (i.e. tree‐felling and fencing) should prioritize conventional seismic lines (i.e. cleared lines used for traditional oil and gas exploration) and pipelines, as they were selected by wolves and increased travelling speed, before low‐impact seismic lines. |
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Dickie, Melanie Serrouya, Robert McNay, R. Scott Boutin, Stan Faster and farther: wolf movement on linear features and implications for hunting behaviour |
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Faster and farther: wolf movement on linear features and implications for hunting behaviour |
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Faster and farther: wolf movement on linear features and implications for hunting behaviour |
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Faster and farther: wolf movement on linear features and implications for hunting behaviour |
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Faster and farther: wolf movement on linear features and implications for hunting behaviour |
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Faster and farther: wolf movement on linear features and implications for hunting behaviour |
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faster and farther: wolf movement on linear features and implications for hunting behaviour |
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