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Gray wolves (canis lupus) movement patterns in Manitoba : implications for wolf management plans
… with Manitoba Conservation collared 65 gray wolves (Canis lupus) as part of a larger multi-year boreal woodland caribou research project. There is insufficient data regarding populations of gray wolves in Manitoba or their movements throughout the province. The objective of this study …
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Population Forecasts and Management Considerations for Gray Wolves in North Central Wisconsin (2002--2040)
Since the mid-to-late 1970s, gray wolves (Canis lupus) have been recolonizing northern Wisconsin. Human population and human-induced land use change activities have also increased during this time. Despite isolated incidents of illegal hunting and livestock depredation by wolves, both species have …
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Differential habitat selection of black bears, gray wolves, and boreal caribou in the Boreal Shield of Saskatchewan
… selection and that of their predators, including wolves (Canis lupus) and black bears (Ursus americanus). However, in the Boreal Shield of Saskatchewan caribou occur in relatively pristine habitat with low levels of anthropogenic disturbance, a naturally high fire-return interval, and few invasive …
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Ranches with Wolves: How straight talk is the salvation of open range in the Northern Rockies
Since U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reintroduced gray wolves into Yellowstone National Park and central Idaho in 1995 and 1996, conflicts between wolves and livestock have increased as the wolf population has grown and expanded. Ranchers in wolf country face a changing ecology that now includes …
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Ranches with Wolves: How straight talk is the salvation of open range in the Northern Rockies
Since U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reintroduced gray wolves into Yellowstone National Park and central Idaho in 1995 and 1996, conflicts between wolves and livestock have increased as the wolf population has grown and expanded. Ranchers in wolf country face a changing ecology that now includes …
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Wildlife Decomposition in West Central Montana: A Preliminary Study Conducted to Provide Field Investigation Material and Training for Wildlife Officers
… seasonal variation and include: a pair of gray wolves (8 total) placed on the same day for each of the four seasons; a black bear placed early fall, and another middle fall; three mountain lion kittens and a whitetail deer placed late fall; and an adult mountain lion placed during the …
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Wildlife Decomposition in West Central Montana: A Preliminary Study Conducted to Provide Field Investigation Material and Training for Wildlife Officers
… seasonal variation and include: a pair of gray wolves (8 total) placed on the same day for each of the four seasons; a black bear placed early fall, and another middle fall; three mountain lion kittens and a whitetail deer placed late fall; and an adult mountain lion placed during the …
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WOLF HOMESITE SELECTION AND DEN CHARACTERISTICS IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA
<p>Gray wolves (<em>Canis lupus</em>) are social carnivores that rear their offspring cooperatively at locations called homesites. To assess homesite selection patterns in each month, I fitted a mixed-effects logistic regression model for each month in the pup-rearing season using data from 285 …
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An assessment of factors influencing territory size and the use of hunter surveys for monitoring wolves in Montana
… method for monitoring the growing population of gray wolves (Canis lupus). I evaluated whether a multi-season patch occupancy model (POM) could be used to accurately estimate the abundance and distribution of wolf packs in Montana from 2007 to 2009. I evaluated hunter sightings of wolves as an …
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An assessment of factors influencing territory size and the use of hunter surveys for monitoring wolves in Montana
… method for monitoring the growing population of gray wolves (Canis lupus). I evaluated whether a multi-season patch occupancy model (POM) could be used to accurately estimate the abundance and distribution of wolf packs in Montana from 2007 to 2009. I evaluated hunter sightings of wolves as an …
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Neospora Caninum: Oocyst Production in Dogs, Infection of Pregnant Cows With Oocysts, and Transmission Between Wild and Domestic Animals
… N. caninum antibodies were detected in 39% of gray wolves (Canis lupus ), 11% of coyotes, 26% of white-tailed deer, and 13% of moose ( Alces alces). These results are consistent with a sylvatic cycle of N. caninum. The expanding populations of coyotes and white-tailed deer throughout North …