WOLF DISTRIBUTION AND ROAD DENSITY IN MINNESOTA

• Main Authors: Mech, L. David, Fritts, Steven H., Radde, Glenn L., Paul, William J.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln 1988
• Subjects: Animal Sciences; Behavior and Ethology; Biodiversity; Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Environmental Policy; Life Sciences; Recreation; Parks and Tourism Administration; Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology; Fuller; Canis lupus
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/usgsnpwrc/329; https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/usgsnpwrc/article/1367/viewcontent/Mech_WSB_1988_WOLF_DISTRIBUTION_AND_ROAD.pdf

Distribution of the wolf (Canis lupus) in parts of Wisconsin (Thiel 1985) and Michigan and Ontario (Jensen et al. 1986) has been related to the density of roads passable by 2-wheel-drive vehicles. Wolves in those regions generally do not occur where road densities exceed 0.58 km/km2, whereas similar...