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Habitat segregation between brown bears and gray wolves in a human‐dominated landscape
Abstract Identifying how sympatric species belonging to the same guild coexist is a major question of community ecology and conservation. Habitat segregation between two species might help reduce the effects of interspecific competition and apex predators are of special interest in this context, because their interactions can have consequences for lower trophic levels. However, habitat segregation between sympatric large carnivores has seldom been studied. Based on monitoring of 53 brown bears (Ursus arctos) and seven sympatric adult gray wolves (Canis lupus) equipped with GPS collars in Sweden, we analyzed the degree of interspecific segregation in habitat selection within their home ranges in both late winter and spring, when their diets overlap the most. We used the K‐select method, a multivariate approach that relies on the concept of ecological niche, and randomization methods to quantify habitat segregation between bears and wolves. Habitat segregation between bears and wolves was greater than expected by chance. Wolves tended to select for moose occurrence, young forests, and rugged terrain more than bears, which likely reflects the different requirements of an omnivore (bear) and an obligate carnivore (wolf). However, both species generally avoided human‐related habitats during daytime. Disentangling the mechanisms that can drive interspecific interactions at different spatial scales is essential for understanding how sympatric large carnivores occur and coexist in human‐dominated landscapes, and how coexistence may affect lower trophic levels. The individual variation in habitat selection detected in our study may be a relevant mechanism to overcome intraguild competition and facilitate coexistence.  (06-19-2017, 05:22 PM)Ngala Wrote: Another article about the new sightings of wolves from Denmark: Thanks for sharing !
I would like to acknowledge the following posters :
- @Ngala - @peter - @Sully For their outstanding research and collect of information. I feel it helps us all to learn more about wolves, understand them better, how they behave and their relationship : Wolf-Cattle, Wolf-Human. Again, I sincerely would like to thank you again for this great thread. 
Wolves, besides other animals, are taking over in Italy (including Rome, Milan and Turin) amid the lockdown: https://wildfact.com/forum/topic-animal-...#pid114628
Good news for wolves in Belgium:
Four more wolves spotted in Wallonia: Has Belgium become Europe’s wolf crossroads? Another four wolves have been spotted in Belgium, this time in Wallonia, in the south of the country. This brings the total number of wolves that have been spotted in Wallonia to six. Last year two wolves were spotted roaming around there. Meanwhile, five wolves have been spotted here in Flanders. The wolves that have been seen in Belgium have come here both from the east (Germany and Poland) and the south (France). Jan Loos of the organisation welkomwolf.be told VRT radio that “Our country is well on the way to becoming the wolf crossroads of Europe”. Mr Loos closely follows the evolution of the wolf population in Belgium. He told the VRT that "In addition to the two male wolves from southern Europe that are now in Ebly (Luxembourg province) and Xhoffraix (Liège province) there is another wolf from France that has been spotted in Bütgenbach. This is also a male". The wolves that have arrived in Belgium in recent years come from both the south as well as the east. “This proves that Belgium is now well on the way to becoming the wolf crossroads of Europe”. "The two different types of wolf, mountain wolves from France and lowland wolves from Germany, will no doubt meet each other. This is good news for the genepool as the two population have been apart for almost 200 years”. Link: https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2020/04/26/vier-nieuwe-wolven-ontdekt-in-wallonie-ons-land-wordt-een-euro/ (01-02-2020, 01:22 PM)Luipaard Wrote: New female wolf in Belgium: Noëlla Noëlla has pups! "The pups have not yet been spotted, but Noëlla has been spotted without a bulging belly by rangers of the Nature and Forest Agency, which indicates that the she-wolf has given birth. " "We saw her in camera trap images. She looked healthy and was on her way to her nest with food in her mouth," said Minister Demir. Source: https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2020/05/10/wolvin-noella-heeft-welpjes-maar-hoeveel-is-nog-niet-duidelijk/ August (father of the pups) and Noëlla back in January:  *This image is copyright of its original author Noëlla while she was pregnant:  *This image is copyright of its original author
Niko Pekonen: " Grey wolf (canis lupus) in golden light. Finland "
Niko Pekonen: " Grey wolf (canis lupus) in morning light. Finland "
Niko Pekonen: " Grey wolf (canis lupus) in evening light. Finland "
Niko Pekonen: " Grey wolves (canis lupus) at sunset. Finland "
Fresh filming, from yesterday.
Two wolves attacking a large red deer in Călimani Mountains, Carpathians, Romania! https://www.facebook.com/calimaninationalpark/videos/2294145037558285
A few months old this
More and more wolves are spotted in Belgium  *This image is copyright of its original author [b]More and more wolves have been spotted in Belgium in recent months, both in the northern and southern parts of the country, according to environmental organisations. [/b] In fact, a pack may even be in the making in Wallonia if ‘Akela’ and a new female wolf spotted in his territory manage to have cubs, the Flemish association Landschap, the group behind the Welkom Wolf initiative, said on Sunday. The pack could be formed this year in Hautes-Fagnes, according to Wallonia’s Environmental Department. In its latest update on recent wolf sightings in Wallonia, the department reported on Friday that the female wolf, the first female sighted in the region since the species was declared extinct, is from the German-Polish line, like Akela. She is known to have passed through Waimes, where DNA was taken from her excrement. While she is the only female registered thus far in Hautes-Fagnes, three males are there, according to observations. They are Akela and two males detected in January in Bütgenbach and Xhoffraix. Another wolf was also observed in February in Assesse, but there is no DNA sample from it. It is possible that this is not a newcomer but, for example, the wolf caught on camera in Havelange last summer. Then there is another wolf, detected earlier, that lives around Ebly (Léglise). It can therefore be concluded that Wallonia is home to at least six wolves, two of them possibly a couple. In Flanders, people still remember Naya, killed while she was probably pregnant. However, there is a new couple there, in the Limburg region, according to Welkom Wolf. They are ‘August’ and ‘Noella’, who could be joined by cubs this year too. A still unnamed lone wolf has also been detected in Herentals and Wiekevorst, in the Antwerp Province. The Brussels Times
@Sully Here's a summary of wolves in Belgium:
In Belgium, more than 10 wolves have been spotted. At least 6 were spotted in Wallonia (French speaking part in the south) and 5 in Flanders (Dutch speaking part in the north). The wolves in Flanders originated from Germany or Poland and the wolves in Wallonia from France. Regarding Wallonia, 4 wolves have been spotted this year (2 wolves last year). These 4 wolves are all males and they're on their own. The other 2 are a couple so a wolf pack is possible in the future. Regarding Flanders, 'Naya' and her pups were killed by poachers in 2019 and 'Roger' was roadkilled back in 2018. There's also Noëlla and August who have pups. The most recent wolf is 'the wolf of Duffel':  *This image is copyright of its original author All info comes from HLN.be |
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