scholarly journals Late nesting record of common loon near Riding Mountain National Park

Blue Jay ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 67 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ken Kingdon
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Common Loon ◽  
Riding Mountain National Park

Diseases and Parasites in Wolves of the Riding Mountain National Park Region, Manitoba, Canada

2011 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 222-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Astrid V. Stronen ◽  
Tim Sallows ◽  
Graham J. Forbes ◽  
Brent Wagner ◽  
Paul C. Paquet
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Riding Mountain National Park

Wolf body mass, skull morphology, and mitochondrial DNA haplotypes in the Riding Mountain National Park region of Manitoba, Canada

2010 ◽  
Vol 88 (5) ◽  
pp. 496-507 ◽  
Author(s):  
Astrid V. Stronen ◽  
Graham J. Forbes ◽  
Tim Sallows ◽  
Gloria Goulet ◽  
Marco Musiani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mitochondrial Dna ◽  
Great Lakes ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Canis Lupus ◽  
National Park ◽  
Skull Morphology ◽  
Eastern Canada ◽  
Riding Mountain National Park ◽  
Canis Lycaon ◽  
Provincial Park

Two types of wolves, gray ( Canis lupus L., 1758) and eastern ( Canis lupus lycaon Schreber, 1775 or Canis lycaon ) or Great Lakes wolves, representing Old World (OW) and New World (NW) mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplotypes, have been reported in eastern Canada and the Great Lakes region. Both haplotypes were found in Duck Mountain Provincial Park and Forest, Manitoba. Only OW haplotypes have been reported from the isolated Riding Mountain National Park (RMNP), 30 km to the south. Wolves with NW haplotypes hybridize with C. lupus and coyotes ( Canis latrans Say, 1823) and could mediate gene flow between canids. We examined available data on wolf body mass, skull morphology, and mtDNA from the RMNP region, as well as mtDNA from Manitoba and Saskatchewan, to assess the occurrence of NW haplotypes in wolves and possible canid hybridization. Mean body mass of female (n = 54) and male (n = 42) RMNP wolves during 1985–1987 was higher than that of females (n = 12) and males (n = 8) during 1999–2004. Thirteen skull measures from 29 wolf skulls did not suggest significant differences between RMNP and Duck Mountain wolves. Nineteen of 20 RMNP samples had OW haplotypes, whereas one clustered together with NW haplotypes.

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