CANADA
Northwest Territories / Nunavut / Yukon / British Columbia / Alberta / Saskatchewan / Manitoba / Ontario / Quebec / Labrador & Newfoundland / Nova Scotia
Ecoregions of Yukon
Interior Alaska–Yukon lowland taiga, Northern Cordillera forests, Northwest Territories taiga,Yukon Interior dry forests, Alaska-St. Elias Range tundra, Arctic coastal tundra, Brooks-British Range tundra, Interior Yukon-Alaska alpine tundra, Ogilvie-MacKenzie alpine tundra, Pacific Coastal Mountain icefields and tundra
Wolves in Protected Areas of Yukon
Kluane National Park and Reserve
Gray Wolf (Canis lupus)
Northwestern Gray Wolf (Canis lupus occidentalis)
Yukon wolf (Canis lupus pambasileus), also known as the Alaskan timber wolf[cite] or interior Alaskan wolf[cite]
Population Statistics [5,000; estimate]
Legal Status; Game species throughout
Resources
Government of Yukon Environment
Yukon Wolf Conservation and Management Plan
Porcupine Caribou Management Board
Government of Yukon – Woodland Caribou
Organizations
Yukon Conservation Society
Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative
Yukon / Canadian News Resources & Publications
Yukon News (Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada)
LATEST YUKON NEWS LATEST CANADIAN NEWS
Wolf and Wildlife News from Yukon
- A Wolf Pup Mummy From the Ancient Arctic | The New York Times
22nd Dec 2020
- Yellowstone National Park: Genetic researchers pinpoint origin of Yellowstone’s black wolves ~ Missoula Current
07th Aug 2020
- Getting to know Yukon’s big, not so bad, wolves – Yukon News
06th Aug 2020
Journal Articles
Dietary reconstruction and evidence of prey shifting in Pleistocene and recent gray wolves (Canis lupus) from Yukon Territory. Landry Z, Kim S, Trayler RB, Gilbert M, Zazula G, Southon J, Fraser D. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 2021 Mar
ABSTRACT
We investigate if and how diets of gray wolves from the Yukon Territory, Canada, have changed from the Pleistocene (>52.8 ka BP to 26.5 ka BP [±170 y BP]) to the recent Holocene (1960s) using dental microwear analysis of carnassial teeth and stable isotope analyses of carbonates (δ13CCO3 and δ18OCO3) and collagen (δ13Ccol and δ15Ncol) from bone. We find that dental microwear patterns are similar between the Pleistocene and Holocene specimens, indicating that there has been no change in carcass utilization behaviours, where flesh, not bone, is primarily consumed. Based on minimal changes in δ13CCO3 and δ13Ccol values, we find that, over thousands of years, Yukon gray wolves have remained generalist predators feeding upon several large ungulate species. Interestingly, δ15Ncol values suggest that the extinction of megafaunal species at ~11.7 Ka induced a shift from a diet comprised primarily of horse (Equus sp.) to one based on cervids (i.e. moose and caribou). Survival of large-bodied cervids, such as caribou (Rangifer tarandus), was likely key to wolf survival. Although gray wolves survived the end Pleistocene megafauna extinction and demonstrate a degree of ecological flexibility, we suggest that failure to preserve major elements of their current niche (e.G. caribou) may result in continued population declines, especially in the face of increasing anthropogenic influences.
Wolves in the Yukon arctic: Encounters with singular beings. Cappe A. Etudes inuit. Inuit studies. 2017
Ecology and management of wolves in the Porcupine Caribou Range, Canada 1987 to 1993. Hayes RD, Baer AM, Clarkson P. Yukon Fish and Wildlife Branch Report TRC-16-01, Fish and Wildlife Branch, Yukon Department of Environment, Government of Yukon, Whitehorse. 2016 Feb.
Wolves of the Yukon. Hayes B. eBookIt. com; 2012
Freezing of subarctic hillslopes, Wolf Creek Basin, Yukon, Carey SK, Woo MK. Canada. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research. 2005 Feb
Serologic survey for selected disease agents in wolves (Canis lupus) from Alaska and the Yukon Territory, 1984–2000. Zarnke RL, Ver Hoef JM, DeLong RA. Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 2004 Oct
Experimental reduction of wolves in the Yukon: ungulate responses and management implications. Hayes RD, Farnell R, Ward RM, Carey J, Dehn M, Kuzyk GW, Baer AM, Gardner CL, O’Donoghue M. Wildlife Monographs. 2003 Jul
Building consensus on divisive issues: a case study of the Yukon wolf management team. Todd S. Environmental Impact Assessment Review. 2002 Nov
Wolf functional response and regulation of moose in the Yukon. Hayes RD, Harestad AS. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 2000 Feb
Kill rate by wolves on moose in the Yukon. Hayes RD, Baer AM, Wotschikowsky U, Harestad AS. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 2000 Feb
Demography of a recovering wolf population in the Yukon. Hayes RA, Harestad AS. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 2000 Feb
Contaminant residue levels in arctic wolves (Canis lupus) from the Yukon Territory, Canada. Gamberg M, Braune BM. Science of the Total Environment. 1999 Dec
The status of Rangifer tarandus caribou in Yukon, Canada. Farnell R, Florkiewicz R, Kuzyk G, Egli K. Rangifer. 1998 Mar
Numerical and functional responses of wolves, and regulation of moose in the Yukon (Doctoral dissertation, Theses (Dept. of Biological Sciences)/Simon Fraser University). Hayes, R.D., 1995.
Methods for reducing natural predation on moose in Alaska and Yukon: an evaluation. Ecology and conservation of wolves in a changing world. Canadian Circumpolar Institute, Occasional Publication, Boertje, R.D., Kelleyhouse, D.G. and Hayes, R.D., 1995.
Causes and rate of moose mortality in the southwest Yukon. SNT, L., CAMPBELL, R. and BOUNT, C., 1989. J. Wildl. Manage
Interactions of wolves, Canis lupus, and brown bears, Ursus arctos, at a wolf den in the northern Yukon. Hayes RD, Mossop D. Canadian field-naturalist. Ottawa ON. 1987
Wolf predation in the Burwash caribou herd, southwest Yukon. Gauthier DA, Theberge JB. Rangifer. 1986 Jun
Wolves, Ethics, and Education: Looking at Ethics and Education through The Yukon Wolf Conservation and Management Plan. PUB TYPE EDRS PRICE DESCRIPTORS Jickling, B., 1996
Comparison of caribou physical characteristics from Yukon and neighboring caribou herds. Gauthier DA, Farnell RF. Rangifer. 1986 Jun
Population characteristics of the Burwash caribou herd in the southwestern Yukon estimated by capture–recapture analysis. Gauthier DA, Theberge JB. Canadian journal of zoology. 1985 Mar