Daily departure and return patterns of Wolves, Canis lupus, from a den at 80 degrees N latitude

Authors
Mech, LD Merrill, SB
Citation
Ld. Mech et Sb. Merrill, Daily departure and return patterns of Wolves, Canis lupus, from a den at 80 degrees N latitude, CAN FIELD-N, 112(3), 1998, pp. 515-517
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Environment/Ecology
Journal title
CANADIAN FIELD-NATURALIST
ISSN journal
00083550 → ACNP
Volume
112
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
515 - 517
Database
ISI
SICI code
0008-3550(199807/09)112:3<515:DDARPO>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
We report on daily patterns of Wolf (Canis lupus) departures from, and retu rns to, their den on Ellesmere Island, Northwest Territories, Canada (80 de grees N) during summers between 1988 and 1996. Based on 1759 h of observati on, the Wolves departed more often than random during 2200 to 0400 h. There was no darkness during summer, so any sun-based temporal cues must have co me from sun position.