The role of intraspecific predation in the survival of juvenile wolverines Gulo gulo

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 21-28

  Persson, Jens ^a   Willebrand, Tomas ^a   Landa, Arild ^b   Andersen, Roy ^b   Segerström, Peter ^c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gulo gulo; Infanticide; Intraspecific predation; Juvenile survival; Mortality causes; Scandinavia; Wolverine

Indexed keywords

GULO GULO; MUSTELINAE;

EID: 0037352028     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/wlb.2003.004     Document Type: Article

References (48)

1. Arnemo, J.M., Dypsund, P., Berntsen, F., Schulze, J., Wedul, S.J., Ranheim, B. & Lundstein, L. 1998: Bruk av implanterbare radiosendere på store rovdyr. (In Norwegian with an English summary: Use of intraperitoneal radiotransmitters in large carnivores). - Norsk Veterinærtidskrift 110: 799-803.
2. Banci, V. 1987: Ecology and behavior of wolverine in Yukon. - M.Sc. thesis, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, 178 pp.
3. Banci, V. 1994: Wolverine. - In: Ruggiero, L.F., Aubry, K.B., Buskirk, S.W., Lyon, L.J. & Zielinski, W.J. (Eds.); The scientific basis for conserving forest carnivores. American marten, fisher, lynx and wolverine in the western United States. U.S. Forest Service General Technical Report RM-254, Fort Collins, Colorado, pp. 99-123.
4. Bartoš, L. & Madlafousek, J. 1994: Infanticide in a seasonal breeder: the case of red deer. - Animal Behaviour 47: 217-219.
5. Beissinger, S.R. & Westphal, M.I. 1998: On the use of demographic models of population viability in endangered species management. - Journal of Wildlife Management 62: 821-841.
6. Bjärvall, A., Danielsson, S., Franzén, R. & Segerström, P. 1996: Experiences with the first radio-collared wolverines in Sweden. - Journal of Wildlife Research 1: 3-6.
7. Boyce, M.S. 1992: Population viability analysis. - Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 23: 481-506.
8. Caswell, H. 1989: Matrix Population Models. - Sinauer Associates, Massachusetts, 722 pp.
9. Charlesworth, B. 1994: Evolution in Age-Structured Populations. - Cambridge University Press, Great Britain, 306 pp.
10. Digby, L. 2000: Infanticide by female mammals: implications for the evolution of social systems. - In: van Schaik, C.P. & Janson, C.H. (Eds.); Infanticide by males and its implications. Cambridge University Press, Great Britain, pp. 423-446.
11. Ebensperger, L.A. 1998: Strategies and counterstrategies to infanticide in mammals. - Biological Reviews 73: 321-346.
12. Eberhardt, L.L. 1985: Assessing the dynamics of wild populations. - Journal of Wildlife Management 49: 997-1012.
13. Frank, L.G. & Woodroffe, R. 2000: Behavior of carnivores in exploited and controlled populations. - In: Gittleman, J.L. (Ed.); Carnivore behaviour, ecology, and evolution. Volume 2. Cornell University Press, New York, pp. 267-295.
14. Fuller, T.K. & Sievert, P.R. 2001: Carnivore demography and the consequences of changes in prey availability. - In: Gittleman, J.L., Funk, S.M., MacDonald, D. & Wayne, R.K. (Eds.); Carnivore conservation. Cambridge University Press, Great Britain, pp. 163-178.
15. Grundsten, C. 1997: The Laponian area. A Swedish world heritage site. - Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, Fälths Tryckeri AB, Sweden, 48 pp.
16. Heisey, D.M. & Fuller, T.K. 1985: Evaluation of survival and cause specific mortality rates using telemetry data. - Journal of Wildlife Management 49: 668-674.
17. Hoogland, J.L. 1995: The black-tailed prairie dog: social life of a burrowing mammal. - University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 576 pp.
18. Hornocker, M.G. & Hash, H.S. 1981: Ecology of the wolverine in northwestern Montana. - Canadian Journal of Zoology 59: 1286-1301.
19. Hrdy, S.B. 1979: Infanticide among animals: a review, classification, and examination of the implications for the reproductive strategies of females. - Ethology and Sociobiology 1: 13-40.
20. Hrdy, S.B. & Hausfater, G. 1984: Comparative and evolutionary perspectives on infanticide: introduction and overview. - In: Hausfater, G. & Hrdy, S.B. (Eds.); Infanticide: comparative and evolutionary perspectives. New York, Aldine de Gruyter, pp. xiii-xxxv.
21. Janson, C.H. & van Schaik, C.P. 2000: The behavioral ecology of infanticide by males. - In: van Schaik, C.P. & Janson, C.H. (Eds.); Infanticide by males and its implications. Cambridge University Press, Great Britain, pp. 469-494.
22. Johnson, D.H. 1979: Estimating nest success: the Mayfield method and an alternative. - Ornithology 96: 651-671.
23. Krebs, C.J. 1999: Ecological Methodology. - Addison Wesley Longman, Inc. California, 620 pp.
24. Landa, A. 1999: Spor og tegn, et hefte til hjelp i artsbestemmelse av store rovdyr. - Norsk institutt for naturforskning, Trondheim, 20 pp. (In Norwegian).
25. Landa, A., Lindén, M. & Kojola, I. 2000: Action for the conservation of wolverines in Europe (Gulo gulo). - Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats (Bern Convention), Council of Europe Publishing, Nature and environment 115, pp. 1-45.
26. Landa, A., Strand, O., Swenson, J.E. & Skogland, T. 1997: Wolverines and their prey in southern Norway. - Canadian Journal of Zoology 75: 1292-1299.
27. Landa, A., Tufto, J., Franzén, R., Bø, T., Lindén, M. & Swenson, J.E. 1998: Active wolverine Gulo gulo dens as a minimum population estimator in Scandinavia. - Wildlife Biology 4: 159-168.
28. Landa, A., Tufto, J., Andersen, R. & Persson, J. 2001: Aktive ynglehi hos jerv som bestandsestimator basert på nye data om alder for første yngling. - Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, Trondheim, 10 pp. (In Norwegian).
29. Magoun, A.J. 1985: Population characteristics, ecology and management of wolverines in northwestern Alaska. - PhD thesis, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, 197 pp.
30. Magoun, A.J. & Copeland, J.P. 1998: Characteristics of wolverine reproductive den sites. - Journal of Wildlife Management 62: 1313-1320.
31. Packer, C. & Pusey, A.E. 1984: Infanticide in carnivores. - In: Hausfater, G. & Hrdy, S.B. (Eds); Infanticide: comparative and evolutionary perspectives. Aldine de Gruyter, New York, pp. 31-42.
32. Persson, J. 2003: Population ecology of Scandinavian wolverines. - PhD thesis, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden, 40 pp.
33. Pollock, K.H., Winterstein, S.R., Bunck, C.M. & Curtis, P.D. 1989: Survival analysis in telemetry studies: the staggered entry design. - Journal of Wildlife Management 53(1): 7-15.
34. Påhlsson, L. 1984: Naturgeografisk regionindelning av Norden. - Nordiska ministerrådet, Stockholm, 289 pp. (In Swedish).
35. Roff, D.A. 1992: The evolution of life histories: theory and analysis. - Chapman and Hall, New York, 536 pp.
36. Ryvarden, L. 1997: Norges nasjonalparker. 3. utgave. - Universitetsforlaget, Oslo, 199 pp. (In Norwegian).
37. Sadleir, R.M.F.S. 1984: Ecological consequences of lactation. - Acta Zoologica Fennica 171: 179-182.
38. SAS Institute 1989: SAS/STAT User's guide, version 6. Fourth edition. - SAS Institute Inc. Cary, NC, 890 pp.
39. Siegel, S. & Castellan, N.J. 1988: Nonparametric statistics for the Behavioral Sciences. - MacGraw-Hill, London, 399 pp.
40. Stearns, S.C. 1992: The evolution of life histories. - Oxford University Press, Oxford, 249 pp.
41. Swenson, J.E. 2003: Implications of sexually selected infanticide for hunting of large carnivores. - In: Festa-Bianchet, M. & Apollonio, M. (Eds.); Animal Behavior and Wildlife Management. Island Press, Washington, D.C., USA, pp 171-189.
42. Swenson, J.E., Sandegren, F., Söderberg, A., Bjärvall, A., Franzén, R. & Wabakken, P. 1997: Infanticide caused by hunting of male bears. - Nature 386: 450-451.
43. Tuljapurkar, S. & Caswell, H. 1996: Structured-population models in marine, terrestrial, and freshwater systems. - Chapman & Hall, London, 643 pp.
44. Vangen, K.M., Persson, J., Landa, A., Andersen, R. & Segerström, P. 2001: Characteristics of dispersal in wolverines. - Canadian Journal of Zoology 79: 1641-1649.
45. van Schaik, C.P. 2000a: Infanticide by male primates: the sexual selection hypothesis revisited. - In: van Schaik, C.P. & Janson, C.H. (Eds.); Infanticide by males and its implications. Cambridge University Press, Great Britain, pp. 27-60.
46. van Schaik, C.P. 2000b: Vulnerability to infanticide by males: patterns among mammals. - In: van Schaik, C.P. & Janson, C.H. (Eds.); Infanticide by males and its implications. Cambridge University Press, Great Britain, pp. 61-71.
47. Weaver, J.L., Paquet, P.C. & Ruggiero, L.F. 1996: Resilience and conservation of large carnivores in the Rocky Mountains. - Conservation Biology 10: 964-976.
48. Wolff, J.O. & Peterson, J.A. 1998: An offspring-defense hypothesis for territoriality in female mammals. - Ethology and Evolution 10: 227-239.