Long Foraging Movement of a Denning Tundra Wolf

@article{Frame2004LongFM,
  title={Long Foraging Movement of a Denning Tundra Wolf},
  author={Paul F. Frame and David S. Hik and H. Dean Cluff and Paul C. Paquet},
  journal={Arctic},
  year={2004},
  volume={57},
  pages={196-203}
}
Wolves ( Canis lupus ) on the Canadian barrens are intimately linked to migrating herds of barren-ground caribou ( Rangifer tarandus ). We deployed a Global Positioning System (GPS) radio collar on an adult female wolf to record her movements in response to changing caribou densities near her den during summer. This wolf and two other females were observed nursing a group of 11 pups. She traveled a minimum of 341 km during a 14-day excursion. The straight-line distance from the den to the… 
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