Attempted predation of a child by a gray wolf, Canis lupus, near Icy Bay, Alaska

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 197-201

  McNay, Mark E ^a   Mooney, Philip W ^a  

^a ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Canis lupus; Food conditioning; Gray Wolf; Habituation; Predation; Wolf aggression; Wolf attack

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; HABITUATION; MAMMAL; PREDATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ALASKA; ICY BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 33746047517     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22621/cfn.v119i2.106     Document Type: Article

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