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Dispersal patterns, social structure and mortality of wolves living in agricultural habitats in Spain

Dispersal patterns, social structure and mortality of wolves living in agricultural habitats in Spain

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Date of publication
декабря 2007
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AGRIS:US201300803365
Pages
114-124

Wolf Canis lupus dispersal, social structure and mortality have been extensively studied in natural and semi-natural areas of North America and northern Europe but have never been assessed in agricultural areas. From 1997 to 2004, 14 wolves (11 in a wolf-saturated area and three in a low-density area) were radio-collared with long-lasting transmitters in a Spanish agricultural area containing a high-human-population density, a dense network of roads and a shortage of wild ungulates. The wolves mainly feed on an overabundance of livestock carrion. Nine wolves (one of them, three times) dispersed during the study period. The mean age and distance of natal dispersal were 24.8 months and 32 km. The natal dispersal period was much longer in wolves radio-collared in the saturated area (mean >14.6 months) than in the low-density area (

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Blanco, J.C.
Cortés, Y.

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