Effectiveness of a Simulated Pack to Manipulate Wolf Movements
Bioboundaries, also called biofences, are deterrents that attempt to exploit certain innate behaviors to exclude wildlife from target areas. We hypothesized that human-deployed scent marks and playbacks of foreign howls could simulate a territorial gray wolf (Canis lupus) pack impinging on a residen...
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ftutahsudc:oai:digitalcommons.usu.edu:hwi-1051 2023-05-15T15:49:36+02:00 Effectiveness of a Simulated Pack to Manipulate Wolf Movements Anhalt, Christine M. Van Deelen, Timothy R. Schultz, Ronald N. Wydeven, Adrian P. 2014-01-01T08:00:00Z application/pdf https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/hwi/vol8/iss2/6 https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1051&context=hwi unknown DigitalCommons@USU https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/hwi/vol8/iss2/6 https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1051&context=hwi Human–Wildlife Interactions bioboundary biofence Canis lupus deterrent human–wildlife conflicts nonlethal rendezvous site territoriality Life Sciences text 2014 ftutahsudc 2022-03-07T21:36:17Z Bioboundaries, also called biofences, are deterrents that attempt to exploit certain innate behaviors to exclude wildlife from target areas. We hypothesized that human-deployed scent marks and playbacks of foreign howls could simulate a territorial gray wolf (Canis lupus) pack impinging on a resident pack, thereby causing the resident pack to move. During summer 2010, we deployed a simulated-pack bioboundary near 3 wolf packs in northern Wisconsin and monitored their movements relative to 3 wolf packs experiencing a sham treatment, to control for effects of human presence. We analyzed wolves’ locations (≥1 location per week) and used linear models with mixed effects to examine distance from the rendezvous site as a function of treatment (sham or experimental) and phase of treatment (before or after treatment was initiated), while accounting for variations in individual wolves. We found little evidence that biofences, as configured and deployed in this study, caused wolves to change use of their territory. Text Canis lupus gray wolf Utah State University: DigitalCommons@USU |
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bioboundary biofence Canis lupus deterrent human–wildlife conflicts nonlethal rendezvous site territoriality Life Sciences Anhalt, Christine M. Van Deelen, Timothy R. Schultz, Ronald N. Wydeven, Adrian P. Effectiveness of a Simulated Pack to Manipulate Wolf Movements |
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Bioboundaries, also called biofences, are deterrents that attempt to exploit certain innate behaviors to exclude wildlife from target areas. We hypothesized that human-deployed scent marks and playbacks of foreign howls could simulate a territorial gray wolf (Canis lupus) pack impinging on a resident pack, thereby causing the resident pack to move. During summer 2010, we deployed a simulated-pack bioboundary near 3 wolf packs in northern Wisconsin and monitored their movements relative to 3 wolf packs experiencing a sham treatment, to control for effects of human presence. We analyzed wolves’ locations (≥1 location per week) and used linear models with mixed effects to examine distance from the rendezvous site as a function of treatment (sham or experimental) and phase of treatment (before or after treatment was initiated), while accounting for variations in individual wolves. We found little evidence that biofences, as configured and deployed in this study, caused wolves to change use of their territory. |
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Anhalt, Christine M. Van Deelen, Timothy R. Schultz, Ronald N. Wydeven, Adrian P. |
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Effectiveness of a Simulated Pack to Manipulate Wolf Movements |
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Effectiveness of a Simulated Pack to Manipulate Wolf Movements |
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Effectiveness of a Simulated Pack to Manipulate Wolf Movements |
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Effectiveness of a Simulated Pack to Manipulate Wolf Movements |
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Effectiveness of a Simulated Pack to Manipulate Wolf Movements |
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effectiveness of a simulated pack to manipulate wolf movements |
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