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Abstract

We document a new record dispersal for wolves worldwide. The natal straight-line dispersal distance of a Global Positioning System-collared female wolf from the Scandinavian population was 1,092 km from southeast Norway to northeast Finland, with a multistage actual travel distance of > 10,000 km. Natural gene flow to the isolated, inbred Scandinavian wolf population may occur if survival of dispersers is improved

Keywords

Canis lupus L.; Fennoscandia; Global Positioning System collar; long-range movement; multistage dispersal;

Published in

Journal of Wildlife Management
2007, volume: 71, number: 5, pages: 1631-1634
Publisher: WILDLIFE SOC

SLU Authors

  • Sand, Håkan

    • Department of Conservation Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
  • Liberg, Olof

    • Department of Conservation Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

UKÄ Subject classification

Environmental Sciences and Nature Conservation

Publication identifier

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.2193/2006-222

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/16937