Denali Park wolf studies : implications for Yellowstone
Mech LD, Meier TJ, Burch JW. 1991. Denali Park wolf studies : implications for Yellowstone. Pages 86-90. In McCabe RE: Transactions of the 56th North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference--Sustaining Conservation: An International Challenge. Edmonton, AB. March 17-22, 1991. Wildlife Management Institute. Washington, DC
(Adapted from authors' abstract.) This article summarizes findings on wolf ecology in Denali National Park that relate to wolf re-establishment in Yellowstone National Park. Since 1986, 76 wolves in 14 packs have been radio-collared in Denali. Through 1989, over 3,000 observations were made of these wolves, including their traveling, hunting, feeding, attending dens and rendezvous sites, and dispersing. Data was collected on over 300 ungulates killed by radioed packs. There is no indication that wolves are limiting prey populations in Denali at present. According to the authors, the lessons from Denali should reassure authorities that restoring the wolf to its previous place as Yellowstone's top carnivore will not decimate prey herds or grizzly; it will not require closing the Park; and it will not scare away tourists.
- Type
- Conference Proceeding Paper
- Authors
- Mech, L; Meier, Thomas; Burch, John
- Units
- DENA
- Keywords
- Alaska, Animal Studies, Behavior, Canis lupus, Demography, Denali, Denali National Park And Preserve, Distribution, Ecology, IAR, implications, Mount Mckinley National Park, Mt. McKinley National Park, pack, Predation, Prey, Radiotelemetry, Terrestrial Mammals, Wolf, Wolves, Yellowstone, Yellowstone National Park