Our results suggest that the characteristics of the landscape (spatial context) – factors associated with the security of wolves facilitating that animals go unnoticed by humans, wolf movements, dispersal events and short-time colonization – become more important in human-dominated landscapes and may...
From a conservation perspective, it is important to identify the factors allowing for this coexistence, including the relevant habitat characteristics associated with the presence of large carnivores. We evaluated the role of several environmental factors describing habitat quality for wolves Canis lupus ...
Characteristics Appearance The size and total mass of wolves are subject to strong geographic variability. It has been noticed that they vary proportionally depending on the surrounding climate and in full accordance with Bergman’s rule (the colder the climate, the larger the animal). In general,...
Wolves 101 With their piercing looks and spine-tingling howls, wolves inspire both adoration and controversy around the world. Find out how many wolf species exist, the characteristics that make each wolf's howl unique, and how the wolf population in the continental Uni...Show more...
Interesting and useful wolf facts for kids including the wolf habitat, diet, physical characteristics, and reproduction.
Large carnivores are ecologically important, but their behaviour frequently put them in conflict with humans. I suggest that a spatial co-occurrence of sui
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Socio-demographic characteristics of respondents We collected a total of 162 completed questionnaire responses out of 172 submitted. Most respondents (96%) completed the questionnaire in German, 4% responded in Italian. Most respondents were from Überetsch/Unterland, followed by Burggrafenamt and Vin...
The challenge will be to harness these characteristics in a scientifically justified plan that we have the will and political acumen to implement. Genetic rescue is a reality in large carnivores and geneti- cally effective migration is a critical variable in population management, given that large ...
They are thought to be a hybridization between the grey wolf and red wolves or coyotes and a distinct species in their own right (Canis lycaon). The Eastern Wolf is smaller than their cousins and often have physical characteristics similar to coyotes (who they’ve have been known to inter-...