Demographic and Component Allee Effects in Southern Lake Superior Gray Wolves

• Main Authors: Jennifer L Stenglein, Timothy R Van Deelen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Southern Lake; Canis lupus; gray wolf
• Online Access: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0150535; https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0150535&type=printable

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...