Annual Arctic Wolf Pack Size Related to Arctic Hare Numbers
During the summers of 2000 through 2006, I counted arctic wolf (Canis lupus arctos) pups and adults in a pack, arctic hares (Lepus arcticus) along a 9 km index route in the area, and muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus) in a 250 km2 part of the area near Eureka (80° N, 86° W), Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Cana...
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ftunivcalgaryojs:oai:journalhosting.ucalgary.ca:article/63284 2023-05-15T14:19:04+02:00 Annual Arctic Wolf Pack Size Related to Arctic Hare Numbers Mech, L. David 2009-12-10 application/pdf https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63284 eng eng The Arctic Institute of North America https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63284/47221 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63284 ARCTIC; Vol. 60 No. 3 (2007): September: 227–339; 309-311 1923-1245 0004-0843 arctic hare Lepus arcticus wolf Canis lupus arctos Ellesmere Island muskoxen Ovibos moschatus population dynamics predator-prey relations predation lièvre arctique loup île d’Ellesmere boeufs musqués dynamique de la population relations prédateur-proie prédation info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 2009 ftunivcalgaryojs 2022-03-22T21:20:42Z During the summers of 2000 through 2006, I counted arctic wolf (Canis lupus arctos) pups and adults in a pack, arctic hares (Lepus arcticus) along a 9 km index route in the area, and muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus) in a 250 km2 part of the area near Eureka (80° N, 86° W), Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada. Adult wolf numbers did not correlate with muskox numbers, but they were positively related (r2 = 0.89; p < 0.01) to an arctic hare index. This is the first report relating wolf numbers to non-ungulate prey. Pendant les étés 2000 à 2006, j’ai compté les jeunes loups arctiques et les adultes (Canis lupus arctos) d’une bande, les lièvres arctiques (Lepus arcticus) le long d’une route indexée de 9 km dans la région, et les boeufs musqués (Ovibos moschatus) dans une zone de 250 km2 près d’Eureka (80° N, 86° O), sur l’île d’Ellesmere, au Nunavut, Canada. Le nombre de loups adultes ne corrélait pas avec le nombre de boeufs musqués, mais il était relié de manière positive (r2 = 0,89; p < 0,01) à un index de lièvres arctiques. Il s’agit du premier rapport établissant un lien entre le nombre de loups et des proies non ongulées. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic hare Arctic Arctique* Canis lupus Ellesmere Island Eureka Lepus arcticus Lièvre arctique muskox Nunavut ovibos moschatus University of Calgary Journal Hosting Arctic Canada Ellesmere Island Eureka ENVELOPE(-85.940,-85.940,79.990,79.990) Nunavut ARCTIC 60 3 |
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During the summers of 2000 through 2006, I counted arctic wolf (Canis lupus arctos) pups and adults in a pack, arctic hares (Lepus arcticus) along a 9 km index route in the area, and muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus) in a 250 km2 part of the area near Eureka (80° N, 86° W), Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada. Adult wolf numbers did not correlate with muskox numbers, but they were positively related (r2 = 0.89; p < 0.01) to an arctic hare index. This is the first report relating wolf numbers to non-ungulate prey. Pendant les étés 2000 à 2006, j’ai compté les jeunes loups arctiques et les adultes (Canis lupus arctos) d’une bande, les lièvres arctiques (Lepus arcticus) le long d’une route indexée de 9 km dans la région, et les boeufs musqués (Ovibos moschatus) dans une zone de 250 km2 près d’Eureka (80° N, 86° O), sur l’île d’Ellesmere, au Nunavut, Canada. Le nombre de loups adultes ne corrélait pas avec le nombre de boeufs musqués, mais il était relié de manière positive (r2 = 0,89; p < 0,01) à un index de lièvres arctiques. Il s’agit du premier rapport établissant un lien entre le nombre de loups et des proies non ongulées. |
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Annual Arctic Wolf Pack Size Related to Arctic Hare Numbers |
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Annual Arctic Wolf Pack Size Related to Arctic Hare Numbers |
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Arctic Arctic hare Arctic Arctique* Canis lupus Ellesmere Island Eureka Lepus arcticus Lièvre arctique muskox Nunavut ovibos moschatus |
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ARCTIC; Vol. 60 No. 3 (2007): September: 227–339; 309-311 1923-1245 0004-0843 |
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