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Gray Wolf (Canis lupus)
Ecology: Moose of Isle Royale (Alces alces),
Population Statistics [2 on Isle Royale (April 2016)]
Legal Status; Endangered, federally protected. (as of December 19, 2014), National Park Service deciding about future existence of population.
Resources
Isle Royale National Park
US Fish and Wildlife Service (Gray Wolves in the Western Great Lakes)
Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Organizations
Wolves & Moose of Isle Royale
Keep Michigan Wolves Protected (Lansing, Michigan)
Michigan News Resources & Publications
The Detroit News (Detroit, Michigan)
Detroit Free Press (Detroit, Michigan)
MLive (Michigan)
Great Lakes Echo (Michigan State University)
Upper Michigans Source (Negaunee, Michigan
LATEST Wolf and Wildlife News from Isle Royale National Park
- New wolf pups confirmed on Isle Royale, sightings among visitors on the rise | WLUC
11th Sep 2021
- Gray wolf pups seen on Michigan’s Isle Royale National Park | Washington Post
13th Jul 2021
- A first genetic assessment of the newly introduced Isle Royale gray wolves (Canis lupus) | Conservation Genetics
29th May 2021
- Incredible journey of collared wolf that left Isle Royale | Quetico Superior
19th Feb 2021
- Pandemic interrupts longtime Isle Royale wolf, moose study | WBAY
18th Jan 2021
- Isle Royale’s last native-born male wolf: The secrets his bones revealed | MLive
03rd Nov 2020
- Michigan Tech provides update on Isle Royale winter study saying ‘fewer wolves, fewer moose’ | NBC6
29th Sep 2020
- Wolf Pups Born on Isle Royale | Press Release | Isle Royale National Park
14th Sep 2020
- On the Lookout for Moose on Michigan’s Isle Royale – The New York Times
07th Aug 2020
- Newcomer wolves kill Isle Royale National Park’s oldest gray wolf | The Detroit News
23rd Dec 2019
- Isle Royale Wolf Project Researchers Document Summer Predation | Isle Royale National Park (U.S. National Park Service)
03rd Dec 2019
- Park service looks to solve mystery deaths of Isle Royale wolves | The Detroit News
06th Oct 2019
- Opinion: Wolves play key role on Isle Royale – John A. Vucetich | The Detroit News
29th Sep 2019
- Isle Royale wolf relocation project resumes; 15 now roaming the island | MPR News
08th Sep 2019
- Genomic signatures of extensive inbreeding in Isle Royale wolves, a population on the threshold of extinction | Science Advances
30th May 2019
- Genomics of Isle Royale wolves reveal impacts of inbreeding | PHYS
30th May 2019
- New Isle Royale black wolf found dead in middle of swamp | mlive.com
30th May 2019
- Canadian Wolves Released at Isle Royale | Isle Royale National Park (U.S. National Park Service)
04th Mar 2019
- Wolf Departs Isle Royale on Ice Bridge | Keweenaw Report
06th Feb 2019
- ‘Large-bodied’ Canadian wolves to help keep U.S. moose population in check | CTV News
03rd Feb 2019
Journal Articles
Intended and unintended consequences of wolf restoration to Yellowstone and Isle Royale National Parks. Smith DW, Peterson RO.Conservation Science and Practice. 2021 Apr
Genetics and extinction and the example of Isle Royale wolves; PW Hedrick, JA Robinson, RO Peterson… – Animal …, 2018
Genomic signatures of extensive inbreeding in Isle Royale wolves, a population on the threshold of extinction; JA Robinson, J Räikkönen, LM Vucetich, JA Vucetich… – bioRxiv, 2018 –
[PDF] Herbivory, Climate Change, and the Future Landscape of Isle Royale National Park: Developing an Herbivory Monitoring Program to Adaptively Manage the Park’s …
J Tourville, M Lindman, C Weinstein, R Schultze… – 2018
[HTML] Dynamic colonization history in a rediscovered Isle Royale carnivore. Marten
PJ Manlick, MC Romanski, JN Pauli – Scientific reports, 2018
Fertilizing riparian forests: nutrient repletion across ecotones with trophic rewilding to JK Bump – … Transactions of the Royal Society B …, 2018 –
[PDF] researchgate.net Field philosophy: environmental learning and moral development in Isle Royale National Park; L Goralnik, MP Nelson – Environmental Education Research, 2017 –
The Odonata of Isle Royale, Michigan
J Van Buskirk – The Great Lakes Entomologist, 2017
[PDF] The Decline of the Isle Royale Wolf: An Analysis of the Implications of Reintroduction; J Buck, A Thibodeau – 2017 – dickinson.edu
[PDF] Stochastic analysis of the predator–prey model with Allee effect on prey; M Jovanovic, M Krstic
The causes and consequences of partial prey consumption by wolves preying on moose. Vucetich JA, Vucetich LM, Peterson RO. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 2012 Feb
The wolves of Isle Royale display scale‐invariant satiation and ratio‐dependent predation on moose. Jost C, Devulder G, Vucetich JA, Peterson RO, Arditi R. Journal of Animal Ecology. 2005 Sep
Wolf–moose interaction on Isle Royale: the end of natural regulation?. Peterson RO. Ecological Applications. 1999 Feb
Effects of population density and pack size on the foraging ecology of gray wolves. Thurber JM, Peterson RO. Journal of Mammalogy. 1993 Nov
Conservation genetics of the endangered Isle Royale gray wolf. Wayne RK, Lehman N, Girman D, Gogan PJ, Gilbert DA, Hansen K, Peterson RO, Seal US, Eisenhawer A, Mech LD, Krumenaker RJ. Conservation Biology. 1991 Mar
The rise and fall of Isle Royale wolves, 1975–1986. Peterson RO, Page RE. Journal of Mammalogy. 1988 Feb
Wolves, moose, and the allometry of population cycles. Peterson RO, Page RE, Dodge KM. Science. 1984 Jun
The role of wolf predation in limiting a moose population. Bergerud AT, Wyett W, Snider B. The Journal of Wildlife Management. 1983 Oct
Wolf ecology and prey relationships on Isle Royale. Peterson, R.O., 1975.
Continued studies of the status, socialization, and relationships of Isle Royale wolves, 1967 to 1970. Wolfe ML, Allen DL. Journal of Mammalogy. 1973 Aug
Numbers, turnover, and social structure of the Isle Royale wolf population. Jordan PA, Shelton PC, Allen DL. American Zoologist. 1967 May