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Multistage, Long‐Range Natal Dispersal by a Global Positioning System‐Collared Scandinavian Wolf
Author(s) -
WABAKKEN PETTER,
SAND HÅKAN,
KOJOLA ILPO,
ZIMMERMANN BARBARA,
ARNEMO JON M.,
PEDERSEN HANS C.,
LIBERG OLOF
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
the journal of wildlife management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.94
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1937-2817
pISSN - 0022-541X
DOI - 10.2193/2006-222
Subject(s) - biological dispersal , range (aeronautics) , geography , population , gene flow , ecology , demography , biology , genetic variation , materials science , sociology , composite material
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.