Terrain Features and Architecture of Wolverine (Gulo gulo) Resting Burrows and Reproductive Dens on Arctic Tundra

• Main Authors: Glass, Thomas W., Breed, Greg A., Laird, Cristina R., Magoun, Audrey J., Robards, Martin D., Williams, Cory T., Kielland, Knut
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2022
• Subjects: burrow; Gulo gulo; reproductive den; resting site; river shelf ice; snow; subnivean; wolverine; Arctic; Burrows; Thermokarst; Tundra
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/75576

Burrowing species rely on subterranean and subnivean sites to fulfill important life-history and behavioral processes, including predator avoidance, thermoregulation, resting, and reproduction. For these species, burrow architecture can affect the quality and success of such processes, since charact...