Publications

rabies in wolves of the great lakes region.	we report six cases of rabies (three confirmed, three suspected) in gray wolves (canis lupus) representing 21% of the total wolf mortality in a 5 yr study (1987 to 1992) of radio-collared wolves in algonquin provincial park, ontario, canada. reports of rabies in wolves of the great lakes region of north america are rare, even though wolf populations have been studied extensively for almost 40 years. no cases have been documented in wild wolves on the u.s. side of the great lakes, whereas, in ont ...	1994	7760491
pitfalls of applying adaptive management to a wolf population in algonquin provincial park, ontario.	we examined adaptive management (am), applied as a science with testable and falsifiable hypothesis, in the context of a large carnivore population, specifically to wolf (canis lupus lycaon) management in algonquin provincial park, ontario, canada. evidence of a population decline was based upon 12 years of data on 137 different radio-collared wolves. because human killing accounted for an average of 66% of deaths, and most killing occurred adjacent to the park, a management prescription of comp ...	2006	16465565
genetic differentiation of eastern wolves in algonquin park despite bridging gene flow between coyotes and grey wolves.	distinguishing genetically differentiated populations within hybrid zones and determining the mechanisms by which introgression occurs are crucial for setting effective conservation policy. extensive hybridization among grey wolves (canis lupus), eastern wolves (c. lycaon) and coyotes (c. latrans) in eastern north america has blurred species distinctions, creating a canis hybrid swarm. using complementary genetic markers, we tested the hypotheses that eastern wolves have acted as a conduit of se ...	2010	20160760
inter-specific territoriality in a canis hybrid zone: spatial segregation between wolves, coyotes, and hybrids.	gray wolves (canis lupus) and coyotes (canis latrans) generally exhibit intraspecific territoriality manifesting in spatial segregation between adjacent packs. however, previous studies have found a high degree of interspecific spatial overlap between sympatric wolves and coyotes. eastern wolves (canis lycaon) are the most common wolf in and around algonquin provincial park (app), ontario, canada and hybridize with sympatric gray wolves and coyotes. we hypothesized that all canis types (wolves, ...	2013	23864253
wolves adapt territory size, not pack size to local habitat quality.	1. although local variation in territorial predator density is often correlated with habitat quality, the causal mechanism underlying this frequently observed association is poorly understood and could stem from facultative adjustment in either group size or territory size. 2. to test between these alternative hypotheses, we used a novel statistical framework to construct a winter population-level utilization distribution for wolves (canis lupus) in northern ontario, which we then linked to a su ...	2015	25757794