Publication Type: | Journal Article |
Year of Publication: | 2007 |
Authors: | Mech, LD |
Journal: | Arctic |
Volume: | 60 |
Pagination: | 309-311 |
Date Published: | 2007 |
Keywords: | Canis lupus |
Abstract: | During the summers of 2000 through 2006, I counted arctic wolf (Canis lupus arctos) pups and adults in a pack, arctic hares (Lepus arcticus) along a 9 km index route in the area, and muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus) in a 250 km2 part of the area near Eureka (80∞ N, 86∞ W), Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada. Adult wolf numbers did not correlate with muskox numbers, but they were positively related (r2 = 0.89; p < 0.01) to an arctic hare index. This is the first report relating wolf numbers to non-ungulate prey. © The Arctic Institute of North America. |
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