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- Title
Path Tortuosity and the Permeability of Roads and Trails to Wolf Movement.
- Authors
Whittington, Jesse; Clair, Colleen Cassady St.; Mercer, George
- Abstract
The article presents a study that traced the movement of wolves in the snow for two winters in Jasper National Park, Alberta, to examine how wolves navigate through or around human-use features. Wolf path tortuosity increased near high-use trails, within areas of high-trail and road density, near predation sites, and in rugged terrain. Wolves crossed all roads, trails, and the railway line 9.7% less often than expected, but avoided crossing high-use roads more than low-use trails. Surprisingly, trails affected movement behavior of wolves equally, if not more, than roads.
- Subjects
JASPER National Park (Alta.); ALBERTA; WOLF behavior; ANIMAL behavior; ANIMAL mechanics; ANIMAL migration
- Publication
Ecology & Society, 2004, Vol 9, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1708-3087
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5751/ES-00617-090104