The Searching Wolf



The Gray Wolf Course

12. Interactions With Other Predators

  1. Wolf-small predator interactions
    1. Generalities
    2. Wolf interactions with specific small predators
      1. Red fox
      2. Wolverine
      3. Lynx
      4. Coyote
  2. Wolf-large predator interactions
    1. Generalities
    2. Wolf interactions with specific large predators
      1. Cougar
      2. Bears
        1. Black bears
        2. Grizzly bears
        3. Polar bears

Resources

Articles and Reports

Ballard, W.B. 1982. Gray wolf-brown bear relationships in the Nelchina Basin of south-central Alaska. Pages 71-80 In Harrington, F.H. and P.C. Paquet, Editors. Wolves of the World: Perspectives of Behavior, Ecology, and Conservation. Noyes Publications: Park Ridge, NJ.

Ballard, W.B. 1980. Brown bear kills gray wolf. Canadian Field-Naturalist 94:91.

Boyd, D.K. and G.K. Neale. 1992. An adult cougar, Felis concolor, killed by gray wolves, Canis lupus, in Glacier National Park, Montana. Canadian Field-Naturalist 106:524-525.

Dekker, D. 1989. Population fluctuations and spatial relationships among wolves, Canis lupus, coyotes, Canis latrans, and red foxes, Vulpes vulpes, in Jasper National Park, Alberta. Canadian Field-Naturalist 103:261-264.

Dekker, D. 1996. Predator or prey?: Observations on the relationships between wolves and other predators. International Wolf 6(4):7-10.

Carbyn, L. 1982. Coyote population fluctuations and spatial distribution in relation to wolf territories in Riding Mountain National Park, Manitoba. Canadian Field-Naturalist 96:176-183.

Gehring, T.M. 1993. Adult black bear, Ursus americanus, displaced from a kill by a wolf, Canis lupus, pack. Canadian Field-Naturalist 107:373-374.

Horejsi, B.L., G.E. Hornbeck, and R.M. Raine. 1984. Wolves, Canis lupus, kill female black bear, Ursus americanus, in Alberta. Canadian Field-Naturalist 98:368-369.

Hornbeck, G.E. and B.L. Horejsi. 1986. Grizzly bear, Ursus arctos, ursurps wolf, Canis lupus, kill. Canadian Field-Naturalist 100:259-260.

Kehoe, N.M. 1995. Grizzly bear, Ursus arctos, - wolf, Canis lupus, interaction in Glacier National Park, Montana. Canadian Field-Naturalist 109:117-118.

Kunkel, K.E. and L.D. Mech. 1994. Wolf and bear predation on white-tailed deer fawns in northwestern Minnesota. Canadian Journal of Zoology 72:1557-1565.

Kunkel, K.E., T.K. Ruth, D.H. Pletscher, and M.G. Hornocker. 1999. Winter prey selection by wolves and cougars in and near Glacier National Park, Montana. Journal of Wildlife Management 63:901-910.

Lent, P.C. 1964. Tolerance between grizzlies and wolves. Journal of Mammalogy 45:304-305.

Paquet, P.C. and L.N. Carbyn. 1986. Wolves, Canis lupus, killing denning black bears, Ursus americanus, in the Riding Mountain National Park area. Canadian Field-Naturalist 100:371-372.

Ramsay, M. and I. Stirling. 1984. Interactions of wolves and polar bears in northern Manitoba. Journal of Mammalogy 65:693-694.

Rogers, L. and L.D. Mech. 1981. Interactions of wolves and black bears in northeastern Minnesota. Journal of Mammalogy 62:434-436.

Turbak, G. 1998. When carnivores clash: What happens when hunter becomes hunted? National Wildlife 36:32-39.

Veitch, A.M., W.E.Clark, and F.H. Harrington. 1993. Observations of an interaction between a barren-ground black bear, Ursus americanus, and a wolf, Canis lupus, at a wolf den in northern Laborador. Canadian Field-Naturalist 107:95-97.

White, P.A. and D.K. Boyd. 1989. A cougar, Felis concolor, kitten killed and eaten by gray wolves, Canis lupus, in Glacier National Park, Montana. Canadian Field-Naturalist 103:408-409.

Books, Monographs, and Proceedings

Mech, L.D. 1970. The Wolf: The Ecology and Behavior of an Endangered Species. Natural History Press/Doubleday Publishing Co.: Garden City, NY. (Chapter X - "Relations With Nonprey Species")

Mech, L.D., L.G. Adams, T.J. Meier, J.W. Burch, and B.W. Dale. 1998. The Wolves of Denali. University of Minnesota Press: Minneapolis, MN.

Murie, A. 1944. The Wolves of Mount McKinley. United States National Park Service Fauna Series 5:1-238.

Murie, A. 1981. The Grizzlies of Mount McKinley. United States National Park Service Fauna Series 14:1-251.