Genomic Approaches Reveal an Endemic Subpopulation of Gray Wolves in Southern China [PDF]
iScience, 2019 Summary: Although gray wolves (Canis lupus) are one of the most widely distributed terrestrial mammals, their origins in China are not well understood. We sequenced six specimens from wolf skins, showing that gray wolves from Southern China (SC) derive ...
Guo-Dong Wang +11 more
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Recolonizing gray wolves increase parasite infection risk in their prey. [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2018 The recent recolonization of Central Europe by the European gray wolf (Canis lupus) provides an opportunity to study the dynamics of parasite transmission for cases when a definitive host returns after a phase of local extinction. We investigated whether
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Production of hybrids between western gray wolves and western coyotes. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Using artificial insemination we attempted to produce hybrids between captive, male, western, gray wolves (Canis lupus) and female, western coyotes (Canis latrans) to determine whether their gametes would be compatible and the coyotes could produce and ...
L David Mech +4 more
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Habitat selection of resident and non-resident gray wolves: implications for habitat connectivity [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2023 Habitat selection studies facilitate assessing and predicting species distributions and habitat connectivity, but habitat selection can vary temporally and among individuals, which is often ignored.
M. van den Bosch +15 more
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Differential provisioning roles, prey size, and prey abundance shape the dynamic feeding behavior of gray wolves [PDF]
Communications Biology, 2023 The demands of raising dependent young can influence the feeding behaviors of social carnivores, especially for individuals that are primarily responsible for provisioning young.
Thomas D. Gable +3 more
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Social environment and genetics underlie body site‐specific microbiomes of Yellowstone National Park gray wolves (Canis lupus) [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2021 The host‐associated microbiome is an important player in the ecology and evolution of species. Despite growing interest in the medical, veterinary, and conservation communities, there remain numerous questions about the primary factors underlying ...
Alexandra L. DeCandia +4 more
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Spatial overlap of gray wolves and ungulate prey changes seasonally corresponding to prey migration [PDF]
Movement EcologyBackground Prey are more vulnerable during migration due to decreased familiarity with their surroundings and spatially concentrated movements. Predators may respond to increased prey vulnerability by shifting their ranges to match prey.
Nathaniel H. Wehr +5 more
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Demographic and Component Allee Effects in Southern Lake Superior Gray Wolves. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Recovering populations of carnivores suffering Allee effects risk extinction because positive population growth requires a minimum number of cooperating individuals. Conservationists seldom consider these issues in planning for carnivore recovery because
Jennifer L Stenglein +1 more
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Urban Edge Predators: Wolf Spatial and Temporal Ecology at the Wildland–Urban Interface in Mongolia [PDF]
BiologyMongolia’s rapidly expanding capital is encroaching on Bogd Khan Mountain, a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve and the oldest protected area in Eurasia. Gray wolves (Canis lupus) in this wildland–urban interface are locally near-threatened due to hunting, local ...
Jeff Dolphin +7 more
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Considering Pleistocene North American wolves and coyotes in the eastern Canis origin story
Ecology and Evolution, 2021 The evolutionary origins and hybridization patterns of Canis species in North America have been hotly debated for the past 30 years. Disentangling ancestry and timing of hybridization in Great Lakes wolves, eastern Canadian wolves, red wolves, and ...
Paul J. Wilson, Linda Y. Rutledge
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