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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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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Gray wolves as climate change buffers in Yellowstone. [PDF]
PLoS Biology, 2005 Understanding the mechanisms by which climate and predation patterns by top predators co-vary to affect community structure accrues added importance as humans exert growing influence over both climate and regional predator assemblages.
Christopher C Wilmers, Wayne M Getz
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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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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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Genetic diversity and mate selection in a reintroduced population of gray wolves. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2022 AbstractThe genetic composition of an individual can markedly affect its survival, reproduction, and ultimately fitness. As some wildlife populations become smaller, conserving genetic diversity will be a conservation challenge. Many imperiled species are already supported through population augmentation efforts and we often do not know if or how ...
Ausband DE.
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Efficacy of Acoustic Triangulation for Gray Wolves
Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2020 Acoustic triangulation is a unique, relatively noninvasive monitoring approach that can inform our understanding of a species’ distribution in time and space. Acoustic triangulation relies on standard triangulation techniques to determine the location of
Jordyn R. O'Gara +5 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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Population responses of common ravens to reintroduced gray wolves. [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2018 AbstractTop predators have cascading effects throughout the food web, but their impacts on scavenger abundance are largely unknown. Gray wolves (Canis lupus) provide carrion to a suite of scavenger species, including the common raven (Corvus corax). Ravens are wide‐ranging and intelligent omnivores that commonly take advantage of anthropogenic food ...
Walker LE +6 more
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