Wolf Social Ecology

By L. Mech, L. Boitani. 2003

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Intrapopulation variation in gray wolf isotope (δ15N and δ13C) profiles: implications for the ecology of individuals (2005, background): “Wolves exhibit strong territoriality (Mech 1970; Mech and Boitani 2003).”
Correlates of territorial boundary patrol behaviour in wild chimpanzees (2005, background): “Finally, territorial boundary patrol behaviour is unusual among gregarious mammals, having been documented only in chimpanzees and some social carnivores such as hyaenas and wolves (Sillero-Zubiri & Macdonald 1998; Boydston et al. 2001; Mech & Boitani 2003).”
Efficient, Noninvasive Genetic Sampling for Monitoring Reintroduced Wolves (2010, background): “All sampling in each study area occurred within 1 month, when reproductive wolf packs were localized to rendezvous sites and individual wolves were not readily dispersing, thus increasing our probability of meeting closure assumptions (Otis et al. 1978, Mech and Boitani 2003).”
Carnivore-specific stable isotope variables and variation in the foraging ecology of modern and ancient wolf populations: case studies from Isle Royale, Minnesota, and La Brea (2007, background): “[Traduit par la Rédaction] Introduction Terrestrial carnivores generally exist at low densities, move frequently within large home ranges, and feed opportunistically (Mech and Boitani 2003; Peterson and Ciucci 2003).”
Long-Distance Dispersal of a Rescued Wolf From the Northern Apennines to the Western Alps (2009, background): “Dispersing wolves seem to maximize breeding opportunities rather than resource acquisition (Boyd et al. 1995, Wydeven et al. 1995, Mech and Boitani 2003).”
Territory size of wolves Canis lupus: linking local (Białowieża Primeval Forest, Poland) and Holarctic‐scale patterns (2007, background): “Although the 2 factors were analyzed separately, Mech and Boitani (2003) proposed that the latitudinal gradient reflected a decline in prey abundance.”
Effects of Wolf Removal on Livestock Depredation Recurrence and Wolf Recovery in Montana, Idaho and Wyoming (2015, background): “Breeders, as dominant leaders of a pack, are known to often lead hunts on wild prey (Mech and Boitani 2003, MacNulty et al. 2012) and could reasonably be expected to lead livestock depredations (Fritts et al. 1992).”
Nonlinear effects of group size on the success of wolves hunting elk (2012, background): “And given that wolves live in cooperatively breeding family groups (Mech and Boitani 2003), we also expected performance to decline more rapidly in nonbreeding wolves than in breeding wolves because nonbreeders lack dependent offspring (i.e., pups), and this should discourage an all-out hunting…”
No single solution: application of behavioural principles in mitigating human–wildlife conflict (2016, background): “Habituation effects might be more pronounced when only using artificial scent marks, as occasional physical confrontation at territorial borders used in conjunction with scent marking is necessary for maintaining territories in natural settings (Gese, 2001; Mech & Boitani, 2003).”
Conflict and Cooperation in Wild Chimpanzees (2005, background): “Group territoriality is rare in non-primate mammals, though it does occur in some social carnivores (Caro, 1994; Creel and Creel, 2002; Heinsohn and Packer, 1995; Mech and Boitani, 2003).”
Estimating gray wolf pack size and family relationships using noninvasive genetic sampling at rendezvous sites (2011, background): “Second, because pack pedigrees can diverge from the simple pack structure of an unrelated breeding pair with their offspring (Mech and Boitani 2003), we assessed whether NGS could reveal the prevalence of multiple breeding and inbreeding.”
Wolves, white-tailed deer, and beaver: implications of seasonal prey switching for woodland caribou declines (2013, background): “Although competition between packs arising from territorial defence may influence wolf use of territory boundaries (Mech and Boitani 2003), we assumed that all of the area within a 100% MCP was equally available to wolves within a pack.”