1. How does parental role influence the activity and movements of breeding wolves?
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Bartosz Pirga, Barbara Brzezowska, Jörn Theuerkauf, Stephan Radler, Julia Eggermann, Hiroshi Tsunoda, Roman Gula, and Sophie Rouys
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Ecology ,Animal ecology ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Breeding pair ,Animal Science and Zoology ,Reproduction ,Biology ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,media_common ,Demography - Abstract
We studied the activity and movements of a male and a female wolf during breeding in the Bieszczady Mountains, Poland. The female was less active and mobile and on average closer to the den than the male. The male was less active and mobile when the pack size was seven compared to a year when the pack consisted only of the breeding pair. We conclude that the roles played by breeding males and females rearing pups influence their activity, and that breeding males in larger packs move less during the nursing period because of help by other pack members.
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- 2008
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