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Group Research Paper

Group Members

• Carefully follow the citation format from either Ecology or Journal of Biogeography not both.
• Other good sources of information:
  Conservation Biology
  American Naturalist
  Oikos
  Oekelogia
  Ecological Monographs
  Nature
  Use on-line sources with care

• Read the homework assignment

   wolf
   timber wolf
   grey wolf
   eastern timber wolf
   Rocky Mountain wolf
   lobo
   buffalo wolf
   brown wolf

TAXONOMY :
There are 32 subspecies of wolf worldwide; 24 of these occur in North America. They are differentiated by size, weight, color, cranial measurements, and geographic location However, these characteristics vary within each subspecies. Also their ranges can overlap and interbreeding occurs. All 24 North American subspecies arelisted below. Those thought to be extinct are marked with an asterisk.

Canis lupus ssp. irremotus C.l. ssp. columbianus C.l. ssp. occidentalis C.l. ssp. lycaon C.l. ssp. nubilus * C.l. ssp. alces C.l. ssp. pambasileus C.l. ssp. tundrarum C.l. ssp. hudsonicus C.l. ssp. arctos C.l. ssp. orion C.l. ssp. labradorius C.l. ssp. beothucus * C.l. ssp. ligoni C.l. ssp. fuscus * C.l. ssp. crassodon C.l. ssp. youngi * C.l. ssp. mogollonensis * C.l. ssp. monstrabilis * C.l. ssp. baileyi C.l. ssp. bernardi C.l. ssp. mackenzii C.l. ssp. manningi C.l. ssp. griseoalbus

OTHER STATUS :
The wolf is threatened in Minnesota Alaskan and Canadian wolf populations are considered viable . The wolf is rare in Michigan's Upper Peninsula . In Montana the wolf is recolonizing areas around Glacier National Park and south towards Missoula. It has also been seen denning in isolated areas of northern Washington.

Cite: Forest Service

Grey Wolf (Canis lupus) info on the WWW

FEIS Canis lupus(grey wolf) Good overview Üdvözöljük az Debreceni Állatkertet bemutató A useful Forest Service Database, but it reads like one. National Wildlife Federation Short description Eastern Timber Wolf Unit DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE Bering Land Bridge National Preserve

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