The Wolf (Canis lupus) in Greenland: A Historical Review and Present Status
In the past few decades, little information on the wolf (Canis lupus) in Greenland has been published. The decline of the species and its extirpation in the late 1930s from East Greenland is well documented. Since then, there has been a tendency for wolves sighted in the North and East Greenland Nat...
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ftunivcalgaryojs:oai:journalhosting.ucalgary.ca:article/65111 2023-05-15T14:19:14+02:00 The Wolf (Canis lupus) in Greenland: A Historical Review and Present Status Dawes, Peter R. Elander, Magnus Ericson, Mats 1986-01-01 application/pdf https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65111 eng eng The Arctic Institute of North America https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65111/49025 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65111 ARCTIC; Vol. 39 No. 2 (1986): June: 109–194; 119-132 1923-1245 0004-0843 Animal distribution Animal migration Extirpation Wolves Ellesmere Island Nunavut Greenland Ittoqqortoormitt info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 1986 ftunivcalgaryojs 2022-03-22T21:22:12Z In the past few decades, little information on the wolf (Canis lupus) in Greenland has been published. The decline of the species and its extirpation in the late 1930s from East Greenland is well documented. Since then, there has been a tendency for wolves sighted in the North and East Greenland National Park to be classified as temporary visitors wandering afar from adjacent Canada, with no prospect of survival in Greenland for anything but a short period. In view of the virtual absence of human population in this vast region, that assumption may not be accurate. There is now abundant evidence to indicate that a renewed immigration and dispersal of wolves has been taking place during the last years, with a migration route from Ellesmere Island eastward across North Greenland into Peary Land, and then southward into the fjord region of central East Greenland. The wolf is reoccupying its former range and by the winter of 1983 wolves had reached the Scoresby Sund region - the species' southernmost territory of the 1930s. Examination of the published records and all available unpublished data provides a historical picture of the status of the wolf in Greenland, from which some conclusions can be made regarding populations, pack size, migration routes, feeding habits and travelling distances.Key words: wolf, Canis lupus, Greenland, history, distribution, migration, re-establishment, High Arctic Mots clés: loup, Canis lupus, Groenland, histoire, distribution, migration, ré-établissement, nord de l'Arctique Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Canis lupus East Greenland Ellesmere Island Greenland Groenland North Greenland Nunavut Peary Land Scoresby Sund University of Calgary Journal Hosting Arctic Canada Ellesmere Island Greenland Nunavut Peary ENVELOPE(-63.867,-63.867,-65.250,-65.250) Peary Land ENVELOPE(-32.500,-32.500,82.633,82.633) Scoresby ENVELOPE(162.750,162.750,-66.567,-66.567) Scoresby Sund ENVELOPE(-24.387,-24.387,70.476,70.476) Sund ENVELOPE(13.644,13.644,66.207,66.207) ARCTIC 39 2 |
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In the past few decades, little information on the wolf (Canis lupus) in Greenland has been published. The decline of the species and its extirpation in the late 1930s from East Greenland is well documented. Since then, there has been a tendency for wolves sighted in the North and East Greenland National Park to be classified as temporary visitors wandering afar from adjacent Canada, with no prospect of survival in Greenland for anything but a short period. In view of the virtual absence of human population in this vast region, that assumption may not be accurate. There is now abundant evidence to indicate that a renewed immigration and dispersal of wolves has been taking place during the last years, with a migration route from Ellesmere Island eastward across North Greenland into Peary Land, and then southward into the fjord region of central East Greenland. The wolf is reoccupying its former range and by the winter of 1983 wolves had reached the Scoresby Sund region - the species' southernmost territory of the 1930s. Examination of the published records and all available unpublished data provides a historical picture of the status of the wolf in Greenland, from which some conclusions can be made regarding populations, pack size, migration routes, feeding habits and travelling distances.Key words: wolf, Canis lupus, Greenland, history, distribution, migration, re-establishment, High Arctic Mots clés: loup, Canis lupus, Groenland, histoire, distribution, migration, ré-établissement, nord de l'Arctique |
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Dawes, Peter R. Elander, Magnus Ericson, Mats |
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Dawes, Peter R. Elander, Magnus Ericson, Mats |
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The Wolf (Canis lupus) in Greenland: A Historical Review and Present Status |
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The Wolf (Canis lupus) in Greenland: A Historical Review and Present Status |
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The Wolf (Canis lupus) in Greenland: A Historical Review and Present Status |
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The Wolf (Canis lupus) in Greenland: A Historical Review and Present Status |
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The Wolf (Canis lupus) in Greenland: A Historical Review and Present Status |
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wolf (canis lupus) in greenland: a historical review and present status |
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ARCTIC; Vol. 39 No. 2 (1986): June: 109–194; 119-132 1923-1245 0004-0843 |
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