Weight Changes in Wild Wolves, Canis lupus, from Ages 2 to 24 Months

Weights of 118 female and 141 male Minnesota Wolves (Canis lupus) aged 2-24 months increased almost linearly from about 8 kg for females and 10 kg for males at 3 months to 30 kg for females and 32 kg for males at 10-12 months and then tended to increase much more slowly in an overall curvilinear tre...

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Published in:The Canadian Field-Naturalist
Main Author: Mech, L. David
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club 2008
Subjects:
Wolves
Canis lupus
weights
growth
development
Minnesota
Online Access:https://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/580
https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v122i2.580
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spelling ftjcfn:oai:canadianfieldnaturalist.ca:article/580 2023-05-15T15:49:03+02:00 Weight Changes in Wild Wolves, Canis lupus, from Ages 2 to 24 Months Mech, L. David 2008-04-01 application/pdf https://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/580 https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v122i2.580 eng eng The Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club https://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/580/581 https://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/580 doi:10.22621/cfn.v122i2.580 The Canadian Field-Naturalist; Vol. 122 No. 2 (2008); 173-175 0008-3550 Wolves Canis lupus weights growth development Minnesota info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Short Article 2008 ftjcfn https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v122i2.580 2021-09-02T18:53:56Z Weights of 118 female and 141 male Minnesota Wolves (Canis lupus) aged 2-24 months increased almost linearly from about 8 kg for females and 10 kg for males at 3 months to 30 kg for females and 32 kg for males at 10-12 months and then tended to increase much more slowly in an overall curvilinear trend. Considerable variation was apparent for both sexes during their first year. Article in Journal/Newspaper Canis lupus The Canadian Field-Naturalist (E-Journal) The Canadian Field-Naturalist 122 2 173
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Canis lupus
weights
growth
development
Minnesota
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Canis lupus
weights
growth
development
Minnesota
Mech, L. David
Weight Changes in Wild Wolves, Canis lupus, from Ages 2 to 24 Months
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Canis lupus
weights
growth
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Minnesota
description Weights of 118 female and 141 male Minnesota Wolves (Canis lupus) aged 2-24 months increased almost linearly from about 8 kg for females and 10 kg for males at 3 months to 30 kg for females and 32 kg for males at 10-12 months and then tended to increase much more slowly in an overall curvilinear trend. Considerable variation was apparent for both sexes during their first year.
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title_fullStr Weight Changes in Wild Wolves, Canis lupus, from Ages 2 to 24 Months
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