Annual arctic wolf pack size related to arctic hare numbers
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Abstract
During the summers of 2000 through 2006, I counted arctic wolf (Canis lupus arctos) pups and adults in a pack, arctic hares (Lepus arcticus) along a 9 km index route in the area, and muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus) in a 250 km2 part of the area near Eureka (80?? N, 86?? W), Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada. Adult wolf numbers did not correlate with muskox numbers, but they were positively related (r2 = 0.89; p < 0.01) to an arctic hare index. This is the first report relating wolf numbers to non-ungulate prey. ?? The Arctic Institute of North America.
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Mech, L., 2007, Annual arctic wolf pack size related to arctic hare numbers: Arctic, v. 60, no. 3, p. 309-311, https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic222.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Annual arctic wolf pack size related to arctic hare numbers |
| Series title | Arctic |
| DOI | 10.14430/arctic222 |
| Volume | 60 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Publication Date | December 10, 2009 |
| Year Published | 2007 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Arctic Institute of North America |
| Contributing office(s) | Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center |
| Description | 3 p. |
| First page | 309 |
| Last page | 311 |