Publication Type: | Journal Article |
Year of Publication: | 2005 |
Authors: | Mech, LD |
Journal: | Arctic |
Volume: | 58 |
Date Published: | 2005 |
Keywords: | Canis lupus |
Abstract: | A long-existing system of wolves (Canis lupus), muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus), and arctic hares (Lepus arcticus) in a 2600 km(2) area of Canada's High Arctic (80 degrees N latitude) began collapsing in 1997 because of unusual adverse summer weather but recovered to a level at which all three species were reproducing by 2004. Recovery of wolf presence and reproduction appeared to be more dependent on muskox increase than on hare increase. |
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