Long Daily Movements of Wolves, Canis lupus, During Pup Rearing

Wolves, Canis lupus, on Ellesmere Island traveled a daily round-trip distance of 40.2 km from their den to a landfill during July 2008, plus an undetermined distance hunting after leaving the landfill. Although long travels by Wolves are well known, this appears to be the first documentation of long...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:The Canadian Field-Naturalist
Main Authors: Mech, L. David, Cluff, H. Dean
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club 2009
Subjects:
Wolf
Canis lupus
movements
travel
den
foraging
Ellesmere Island
Nunavut
Online Access:https://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/675
https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v123i1.675
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Summary:Wolves, Canis lupus, on Ellesmere Island traveled a daily round-trip distance of 40.2 km from their den to a landfill during July 2008, plus an undetermined distance hunting after leaving the landfill. Although long travels by Wolves are well known, this appears to be the first documentation of long daily movements by Wolves rearing pups.

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