Winter habitat use by wolves, Canis lupus, in relation to forest harvesting in West-Central Alberta

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 368-375

  Kuzyk, Gerald W ^a   Kneteman, Jeff ^b   Schmiegelow, Fiona K A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Alberta Sustainable Resource Development   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alberta; Alces alces; Canis lupus; Caribou; Forestry; Habitat; Moose; Predation; Rangifer tarandus; Wolf

Indexed keywords

CANID; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; HABITAT USE; LAND USE PLANNING; TIMBER HARVESTING; WINTER;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ALCES ALCES; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 27644530947     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22621/cfn.v118i3.15     Document Type: Article

References (46)

1. Aebischer, N. J., P. A Robertson, and R. E. Kenward. 1993. Compositional analysis of habitat use from animal radiotracking data. Ecology 77: 215-227.
2. Ballard, W. B., L. A. Ayres, K. E. Roney, and T. H. Spraker. 1991. Immobilization of gray wolves with a combination of tiletamine hydrochloride and zolazepam hydrochloride. Journal of Wildlife Management 55: 71-74.
3. Beckingham, J. D., and J. H. Archibald. 1996. Field guide to the ecosites of west-central Alberta. Canadian Forest Service, Nortwest Region, Northern Forestry Centre, Edmonton, Alberta.
4. Bergerud, A. T. 1988. Caribou, wolves and man. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 3: 68-72.
5. Bergerud, A. T., and J. Elliot. 1986. Dynamics of caribou and wolves in northern British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Zoology 64: 1515-1529.
6. Bider, J. R. 1968. Animal activity in uncontrolled terrestrial communities as determined by sand transect technique. Ecological Monographs 38: 269-308.
7. Bjorge, R. R., and J. R. Gunson. 1989. Wolf, Canis lupus, population characteristics and prey relationships near the Simonette River, Alberta. Canadian Field-Naturalist 103: 327-334.
8. Carbyn, L. N. 1974. Wolf predation and behavioral interactions with elk and other ungulates in an area of high prey diversity. Canadian Wildlife Service Report, Edmonton, Alberta.
9. Dyer, S. J., J. P O'Neil, S. M. Wasel, and S. Boutin. 2001. Avoidance of industrial development by woodland caribou. Journal of Wildlife Management 65: 531-542.
10. Edmonds, E. J. 1988. Population status, distribution and movements of woodland caribou in west central Alberta. Canadian Journal of Zoology 66: 817-826.
11. Edmonds, E. J. 1998. Status of woodland caribou in Alberta. Rangifer Special Issue 8: 111-115.
12. Gates, J. E., and L. W. Gysel. 1978. Avian nest dispersion and fledgling success in field-forest ecotones. Ecology 59: 871-883.
13. Hayes R. D., A. M. Baer, U. Wotschikowsky, and A. S. Harestad. 2000. Kill rate by wolves on moose in the Yukon. Canadian Journal of Zoology 78: 49-59.
14. Hervieux, D., J. Edmonds, R. Bonar, and J. McCammon. 1996. Successful and unsuccessful attempts to resolve caribou management and timber harvesting issues in west central Alberta. Rangifer Special Issue 9: 185-192.
15. Hooge, P. N., and B. Eichenlaub. 1997. Animal movement extension to Arcview. Version 1.1. Alaska Biological Science Center, United States Geological Survey, Anchorage, Alaska.
16. Hurlburt, S. H. 1984. Pseudoreplication and the design of ecological field experiments. Ecological Monographs 54: 187-211.
17. James, A. R. C. 1999. Effects of industrial development on the predator-prey relationship between wolves and caribou in northeastern Alberta. Ph.D. thesis, University of Alberta, Edmonton. 70 pages.
18. James, A. R. C., and A. K. Stuart-Smith. 2000. Distribution of caribou and wolves in relation to linear corridors. Journal of Wildlife Management 64: 154-159.
19. Jedrzejewska, B., H. Okarma, W. Jedrzejewski, and L. Milkowski. 1994. Effects of exploitation and protection on forest structure, ungulate density and wolf predation in Bialowieza Primeval Forest, Poland. Journal of Applied Ecology 31: 664-676.
20. Johnson, D. H. 1980. The comparison of usage and availability measurements for evaluating resource preference. Ecology 61: 65-71.
21. Kohira, M., and E. A. Rexstad. 1997. Diets of wolves, Canis lupus, in logged and unlogged forests of southeastern Alaska. Canadian Field-Naturalist 111: 429-435.
22. Krizan, P. 1997. The effects of human land development, landscape characteristics, and prey density on the spatial distribution of wolves (Canis lupus) on the north shore of Lake Superior. M.Sc. thesis, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia. 108 pages.
23. Kunkel, K. E., and D. H. Pletscher. 2000. Habitat factors affecting the vulnerability of moose to predation by wolves in southeastern British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Zoology 78: 150-157.
24. Kuzyk, G. W. 2002a. Wolf distribution and movements on caribou ranges in west-central Alberta. M.Sc. thesis. University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta. 125 pages.
25. Kuzyk, G. W. 2002b. Female and calf moose remain stationary and non-aggressive when approached by wolves in west-central Alberta. Alberta Naturalist 31: 53-54.
26. McLellan, B. N., and F. W. Hovey. 2001. Habitats selected by grizzly bears in a multiple use landscape. Journal of Wildlife Management 65: 92-99.
27. McLoughlin, P., E. Dzus, B. Wynes, and S. Boutin. 2003. Declines in populations of woodland caribou. Journal of Wildlife Management 67: 755-761
28. Mech, L. D. 1966. The wolves of Isle Royale. U.S. National Park Fauna Series Number 7.
29. Mech, L. D. 1970. The wolf: ecology and behavior of an endangered species. Natural History Press, Doubleday Publishing Co., New York.
30. Mech, L. D. 1991. The way of the wolf. Voyageur Press, Stillwater, Minnesota.
31. Mech, L. D. 1995. The challenge and opportunity of recovering wolf populations. Conservation Biology 9: 270-278.
32. Mladenoff, D. J., R. J. Haight, T. A. Sickley, and A. P. Wydeven. 1995. A regional landscape analysis and prediction of favorable gray wolf habitat in the northern Great Lakes region. Conservation Biology 9: 279-294.
33. Mladenoff, D. J., and T. A. Sickley. 1998. Assessing potential gray wolf restoration in the northeastern United States: a spatial prediction of favorable habitat and population levels. Journal of Wildlife Management 62: 1-10.
34. Oberg, P. R. 2001. Responses of mountain caribou to linear features in a west-central Alberta landscape. M.Sc. thesis, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta. 126 pages.
35. Oehler, J. D., and J. A. Litvaitis. 1996. The role of spatial scale in understanding responses of medium-sized carnivores to forest fragmentation. Canadian Journal of Zoology 74: 2070-2079.
36. Paquet, P. C. 1989. Behavioral ecology of sympatric wolves (Canis lupis) and coyotes (C. latrans) in Riding Mountain National Park, Manitoba. Ph.D. thesis, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta. 227 pages.
37. Peek, J. M., D. L. Urich, and R. J. Mackie. 1976. Moose habitat selection and relationships to forest management in northeastern Minnesota. Wildlife Monographs 48: 1-65.
38. Seip, D. R. 1992. Factors limiting woodland caribou populations and their relationships with wolves and moose in southeastern British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Zoology 70: 1494-1503.
39. Smith, K. G., E. J. Ficht, D. Hobson, T. C. Sorensen, and D. Hervieux. 2000. Winter distribution of woodland caribou in relation to clear-cut logging in west-central Alberta. Canadian Journal of Zoology 78: 1433-1440.
40. Stephens, P. W., and R. O. Peterson. 1984. Wolf-avoidance strategies of moose. Holarctic Ecology 7: 239-244.
41. Szkorupa, T. D. 2002. Multi-scale habitat selection by mountain caribou in west-central Alberta. M.Sc. thesis, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta. 92 pages.
42. Theuerkauf, J., W. Jedrzejewski, K. Schmidt, and R Gula. 2003. Spatiotemporal segregation of wolves from humans in the Bialowieza Forest (Poland). Journal of Wildlife Management 67: 706-716.
43. Tomm, H. O., J. A. Beck, and R. J. Hudson. 1981. Responses of wild ungulates to logging practices in Alberta, Canada. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 11: 606-614.
44. Weaver, J. L. 1994. Ecology of wolf predation amidst high ungulate diversity in Jasper National Park, Alberta. Ph.D. thesis, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana. 165 pages.
45. White, T. H., J. L. Bowman, H. A. Jacobson, B. D. Leopold, and W. P. Smith. 2001. Forest management and female black bear denning. Journal of Wildlife Management 65: 34-40.
46. Yahner, R. H. 1988. Changes in wildlife communities near edges. Conservation Biology 2: 333-339.