Demographic and Component Allee Effects in Southern Lake Superior Gray Wolves

• Published in: PLOS ONE
• Main Authors: Stenglein, Jennifer L., Van Deelen, Timothy R.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science 2016
• Subjects: Research Article; Southern Lake; Canis lupus; gray wolf
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4801012/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26930665; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0150535

Recovering populations of carnivores suffering Allee effects risk extinction because positive population growth requires a minimum number of cooperating individuals. Conservationists seldom consider these issues in planning for carnivore recovery because of data limitations, but ignoring Allee effec...