Movements of Wolves at the Northern Extreme of the Species ’ Range, Including during Four Months of Darkness
Information about wolf (Canis lupus) movements anywhere near the northern extreme of the species ’ range in the High Arctic (.75uN latitude) are lacking. There, wolves prey primarily on muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus) and must survive 4 months of 24 hr/day winter darkness and temperatures reaching 253 C...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.290.83 2023-05-15T15:06:02+02:00 Movements of Wolves at the Northern Extreme of the Species ’ Range, Including during Four Months of Darkness L. David Mech H. Dean Cluff The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives 2010 application/zip http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.290.83 en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.290.83 Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. ftp://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/3d/3c/PLoS_One_2011_Oct_4_6(10)_e25328.tar.gz text 2010 ftciteseerx 2016-01-07T21:33:43Z Information about wolf (Canis lupus) movements anywhere near the northern extreme of the species ’ range in the High Arctic (.75uN latitude) are lacking. There, wolves prey primarily on muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus) and must survive 4 months of 24 hr/day winter darkness and temperatures reaching 253 C. The extent to which wolves remain active and prey on muskoxen during the dark period are unknown, for the closest area where information is available about winter wolf movements is.2,250 km south. We studied a pack of $20 wolves on Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada (80uN latitude) from July 2009 through mid-April 2010 by collaring a lead wolf with a Global Positioning System (GPS)/Argos radio collar. The collar recorded the wolf’s precise locations at 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. daily and transmitted the locations by satellite to our email. Straight-line distances between consecutive 12-hr locations varied between 0 and 76 km. Mean (SE) linear distance between consecutive locations (n = 554) was 11 (0.5) km. Total minimum distance traveled was 5,979 km, and total area covered was 6,640 km 2, the largest wolf range reported. The wolf and presumably his pack once made a 263-km Text Arctic Canis lupus Ellesmere Island Nunavut ovibos moschatus Unknown Arctic Canada Ellesmere Island Nunavut |
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Information about wolf (Canis lupus) movements anywhere near the northern extreme of the species ’ range in the High Arctic (.75uN latitude) are lacking. There, wolves prey primarily on muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus) and must survive 4 months of 24 hr/day winter darkness and temperatures reaching 253 C. The extent to which wolves remain active and prey on muskoxen during the dark period are unknown, for the closest area where information is available about winter wolf movements is.2,250 km south. We studied a pack of $20 wolves on Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada (80uN latitude) from July 2009 through mid-April 2010 by collaring a lead wolf with a Global Positioning System (GPS)/Argos radio collar. The collar recorded the wolf’s precise locations at 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. daily and transmitted the locations by satellite to our email. Straight-line distances between consecutive 12-hr locations varied between 0 and 76 km. Mean (SE) linear distance between consecutive locations (n = 554) was 11 (0.5) km. Total minimum distance traveled was 5,979 km, and total area covered was 6,640 km 2, the largest wolf range reported. The wolf and presumably his pack once made a 263-km |
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