Record High Wolf, Canis lupus, Pack Density

Authors

  • L. David Mech Biological Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center, 8711 - 37th Street, SE, Jamestown, North Dakota 58401-7317
  • Shawn Tracy University of Minnesota, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, 1980 Hodson Hall, St. Paul, Minnesota 55108

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v118i1.896

Keywords:

Wolf, Canis lupus, Minnesota, Superior National Forest, White-tailed Deer, Odocoileus virginianus

Abstract

This report documents a year-around Wolf (Canis lupus) density of 18.2/100 km2 and a summer density of 30.8/100 km2, in a northeastern Minnesota Wolf pack. The previous record was a summer density of 14.1/100 km2, for a Wolf pack on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.

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Vol. 118 No. 1 (2004)

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