Multistage,Long-Range Natal Dispersal by a Global Positioning System-Collared Scandinavian Wolf |
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| Authors: | PETTER WABAKKEN HÅKAN SAND ILPO KOJOLA BARBARA ZIMMERMANN JON M ARNEMO HANS C PEDERSEN OLOF LIBERG |
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| Institution: | 1. Grimsö Wildlife Research Station, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Conservation Biology, SE-73091 Riddarhyttan, Sweden;2. Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute, Oulu Game and Fisheries Research, Tutkijantie 2 A, FIN-90570 Oulu, Finland;3. Hedmark University College, Faculty of Forestry and Wildlife Management, Evenstad, N-2480 Koppang, Norway;4. Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, Section of Arctic Veterinary Medicine, Department of Food Safety and Infection Biology, NO-9292 Tromsø, Norway, and Hedmark University College, Faculty of Forestry and Wildlife Management, Evenstad, N-2480 Koppang, Norway;5. Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, Tungasletta 2, N-7485 Trondheim, Norway |
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| Abstract: | Abstract: We document a new record dispersal for wolves worldwide. The natal straight-line dispersal distance of a Global Positioning System-collared female wolf from the Scandinavian population was 1,092 km from southeast Norway to northeast Finland, with a multistage actual travel distance of >10,000 km. Natural gene flow to the isolated, inbred Scandinavian wolf population may occur if survival of dispersers is improved. |
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| Keywords: | Canis lupus L Fennoscandia Global Positioning System collar long-range movement multistage dispersal natal dispersal Scandinavia wolf |
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