Journal article
Protection from harvesting restores the natural social structure of eastern wolf packs
Abstract
Legal and illegal killing of animals near park borders can significantly increase the threat of extirpation for populations living within ecological reserves, especially for wide-ranging large carnivores that regularly travel into unprotected areas. While the consequences of human-caused mortality near protected areas generally focus on numerical responses, little attention has been given to impacts on social dynamics. For wolves, pack …
Authors
Rutledge LY; Patterson BR; Mills KJ; Loveless KM; Murray DL; White BN
Journal
Biological Conservation, Vol. 143, No. 2, pp. 332–339
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
February 2010
DOI
10.1016/j.biocon.2009.10.017
ISSN
0006-3207