| Abstract: | Wolf (Canis lupus) populations tend to be resilient and to persist for long periods, and several characteristics contribute to their resilience and persistence: (1) age of first reproduction (2-3 years), (2) high annual litter size (mean = 6), (3) low dispersal age (1-3 years), and (4) long potential dispersal distance (< 880 km). The only documented factor leading to extinction of well established wolf populations with sufficient food is deliberate poisoning, although conceivably disease could have such an effect. |
| Genre: | Abstract or summary |
| ProdID: | 93829 |
| Citation Author: | Mech, L. D. |
| Citation Contributing Office: | Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center |
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| Citation Language: | English |
| Citation Larger Work Title: | Genetic aspects of viability in small wolf populations with special emphasis on the Scandinavian wolf population |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | 49 pp. |
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| Citation Publisher: | Sweden Environmental Protection Agency |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Wolf population persistence in real life; 2005; Abstract or summary; Report; Genetic aspects of viability in small wolf populations with special emphasis on the Scandinavian wolf population; Mech, L. D. |
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| Citation Year: | 2005 |
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| Text: | Wolf population persistence in real life; 2005; Abstract or summary; Report; Genetic aspects of viability in small wolf populations with special emphasis on the Scandinavian wolf population; Mech, L. D. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/outside_thumb.jpg |
| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jan 2005 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | Sweden Environmental Protection Agency |
