Wolf use of summer territory in northeastern Minnesota

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 380-384

  Demma, Dominic J ^a,c   Mech, L David ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Canis lupus,; Global Positioning System collars; Homesites; Movements; Nomadism; Radiotracking; Rotational use; Telemetry; Wolves

Indexed keywords

BIOTELEMETRY; BREEDING POPULATION; CANID; GPS; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; HUNTING; MOVEMENT; NOMADIC PEOPLE; TERRITORIALITY; TRACKING;

MINNESOTA; SUPERIOR NATIONAL FOREST; UNITED STATES;

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS;

EID: 77749327441     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2008-114     Document Type: Article

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