Multistage, long-range natal dispersal by a global positioning system-collared Scandinavian wolf

Wabakken P, Sand H, Kojola I, Zimmermann B, Arnemo JM, Pedersen HC, Liberg O

doi:10.2193/2006-222

Research article - Peer-reviewed, 2007

Multistage, long-range natal dispersal by a global positioning system-collared Scandinavian wolf

Wabakken P, Sand H, Kojola I, Zimmermann B, Arnemo JM, Pedersen HC, Liberg O

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

Authors' information

Sand, Håkan

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Conservation Biology

Liberg, Olof

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Conservation Biology

Zimmermann, Barbara

Høgskolen i Innlandet, Evenstad

Pedersen, Hans C

Kojola, Ilpo

Arnemo, Jon M

Wabakken, Petter

Hedmark University College

UKÄ Subject classification

Environmental Sciences related to Agriculture and Land-use

Publication Identifiers

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

URI (permanent link to this page)

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