An Experimental Translocation of the Eastern Timber Wolf

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William Laughlin Robinson. An Experimental Translocation of the Eastern Timber Wolf

An Experimental Translocation of the Eastern Timber Wolf

Table of Contents

FOREWORD

AN EXPERIMENTAL TRANSLOCATION OF. THE EASTERN TIMBER WOLF

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

THE STUDY AREA

METHODS

RESULTS

Social Structure of the Translocated Wolves

Aerial Tracking

Movements of the Translocated Wolves

Post-Release Phase

Directional Movement Phase

Exploratory Phase

Settled Phase

Movements of the Remaining Pack Member

Movements of Wolf No. 10

Feeding Habits

Citizen Sightings

Habitat Use

Failure of Female No. 11 to Whelp

Demise of the Translocated Wolves

DISCUSSION

Effect of Captivity and Human Contact

Movements

Environmental Influences

Possible Homing Tendencies

Distances Traveled

Home Range Size

Selection of a Territory

Vulnerability and Mortality

Food Habits and Predation

An Alternate Approach

CONCLUSIONS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

LITERATURE CITED

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Richard A. Hook, William Laughlin Robinson, Thomas F. Weise, L. David Mech

Published by Good Press, 2021

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Habitat Use

Failure of Female No. 11 to Whelp

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