How To Trick A Wolf: Manipulating Pack Movements With Biofencing
Wolves (Canis lupus) have a relatively wide distribution in the northern Rockies and can conflict with livestock production in certain areas. Tools currently available to mitigate wolf/ livestock conflict can be short-lived in their effectiveness or altogether ineffective. Wolves use scent-marking t...
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ftmontanastunojs:oai:ojs.arc.lib.montana.edu:article/485 2023-05-15T15:50:08+02:00 How To Trick A Wolf: Manipulating Pack Movements With Biofencing Ausband, David Mitchell, Michael S. 2011-12-31 application/pdf https://arc.lib.montana.edu/ojs/index.php/IJS/article/view/485 eng eng Intermountain Journal of Science https://arc.lib.montana.edu/ojs/index.php/IJS/article/view/485/332 https://arc.lib.montana.edu/ojs/index.php/IJS/article/view/485 Copyright (c) 2011 Intermountain Journal of Sciences Intermountain Journal of Sciences; Vol. 17 No. 1-4 December (2011); 39 1081-3519 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Non-peer-reviewed Abstract 2011 ftmontanastunojs 2022-03-26T23:40:33Z Wolves (Canis lupus) have a relatively wide distribution in the northern Rockies and can conflict with livestock production in certain areas. Tools currently available to mitigate wolf/ livestock conflict can be short-lived in their effectiveness or altogether ineffective. Wolves use scent-marking to establish territories and avoid intraspecific conflict. We hypothesized that human-deployed scent-marks could be used to manipulate wolf pack movements in Idaho. We deployed 64.7 km of biofence within three wolf pack territories during summer 2010. Location data from collared wolves showed little to no trespass of the biofence. Sign surveys at predicted rendezvous sites yielded little to no recent wolf use of exclusion areas. Lastly, a habitually depredating wolf pack was not implicated in any depredations. Our pilot test provides preliminary evidence that wolf movements can be manipulated using humandistributed scent-marks. Article in Journal/Newspaper Canis lupus Montana State University Library Open Journal Systems Northern Rockies ENVELOPE(-123.446,-123.446,59.074,59.074) |
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Wolves (Canis lupus) have a relatively wide distribution in the northern Rockies and can conflict with livestock production in certain areas. Tools currently available to mitigate wolf/ livestock conflict can be short-lived in their effectiveness or altogether ineffective. Wolves use scent-marking to establish territories and avoid intraspecific conflict. We hypothesized that human-deployed scent-marks could be used to manipulate wolf pack movements in Idaho. We deployed 64.7 km of biofence within three wolf pack territories during summer 2010. Location data from collared wolves showed little to no trespass of the biofence. Sign surveys at predicted rendezvous sites yielded little to no recent wolf use of exclusion areas. Lastly, a habitually depredating wolf pack was not implicated in any depredations. Our pilot test provides preliminary evidence that wolf movements can be manipulated using humandistributed scent-marks. |
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How To Trick A Wolf: Manipulating Pack Movements With Biofencing |
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How To Trick A Wolf: Manipulating Pack Movements With Biofencing |
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How To Trick A Wolf: Manipulating Pack Movements With Biofencing |
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Intermountain Journal of Science |
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2011 |
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https://arc.lib.montana.edu/ojs/index.php/IJS/article/view/485 |
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ENVELOPE(-123.446,-123.446,59.074,59.074) |
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Canis lupus |
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Canis lupus |
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Intermountain Journal of Sciences; Vol. 17 No. 1-4 December (2011); 39 1081-3519 |
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https://arc.lib.montana.edu/ojs/index.php/IJS/article/view/485/332 https://arc.lib.montana.edu/ojs/index.php/IJS/article/view/485 |
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