SUCCESSFUL REARING OF YOUNG BY WILD WOLVES WITHOUT MATES

Authors
BOYD DK JIMENEZ MD
Citation
Dk. Boyd et Md. Jimenez, SUCCESSFUL REARING OF YOUNG BY WILD WOLVES WITHOUT MATES, Journal of mammalogy, 75(1), 1994, pp. 14-17
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology
Journal title
Journal of mammalogy → ACNP
ISSN journal
00222372
Volume
75
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
14 - 17
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-2372(1994)75:1<14:SROYBW>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
Two lone-female wolves (Canis lupus) and a lone-male wolf each success fully raised litters of young in northwestern Montana and southeastern British Columbia. This unusual reproductive behavior occurred in a lo w-density population of wolves colonizing an area containing a relativ ely dense population of ungulates.