Status of the Wolf in Michigan, 1973
Hendrickson J and Robinson WL. 1975. Status of the Wolf in Michigan, 1973. The American Midland Naturalist. 94(1):226-232
Wolf (Canis lupus) numbers in Michigan's Upper Peninsula declined from an estimated 45-50 animals in the mid-1950s to near extinction in 1973, probably because of overharvesting through the bounty system. Sporadic breeeding and occassional immigration of wolves from Ontario and Minnesota are postulated to be the factors tending to maintain the present population a the level of perhaps six individuals, with illegal shooting and incidental capture by coyote bounty trappers apparently suppressing it.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Hendrickson, John; Robinson, William
- Units
- ISRO , PIRO
- Keywords
- Animal Studies, Gray Wolf (Canis lupus), Hunting, Mortality, Population Decline, Upper Peninsula MI