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Articles by L. David Mech

1987-1989      1990-1992      1993-1995      1996-1999      2000-2003      2004-2006      2007-present

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Mech, L. D. 2012. Is science in danger of sanctifying the wolf? Biological Conservation 150 143-149

Mech, L. D. 2010. Considerations for Developing Wolf Harvesting Regulations in the Contiguous United States Journal of Wildlife Management 74(7):1421-1424; 2010;

Mech, L. D.; Cronin, M. A. 2010. Isle Royale study affirms ability of wolves to persist Biological Conservation 143: 535-536

Mech, L.D. 2010. What is the taxonomic identity of Minnesota wolves? Canadian Journal of Zoology, 88: 129-138.

Almberg, E. S., Mech, L. D., Smith, D. W., Sheldon, J. W., Crabtree, R. L. 2009. A Serological Survey of Infectious Disease in Yellowstone National Park's Canid Community PLoS ONE 4(9), e7042

Cronin, M.A., Mech, L.D. 2009. Problems with the claim of ecotype and taxon status of the wolf in the Great Lakes region Molecular Ecology 18, 4991-4993.

Demma, D. J. and Mech, L. D. 2009. Wolf use of summer territory in Northeastern Minnesota. Journal of Wildlife Management 73(3):380-384.

MacNulty, D.R., Smith, D. W., Vucetich, John A., Mech, L.D., Stahler, D. R., Packer, C. 2009. Predatory senescence in ageing wolves Ecology Letters, 12: 1-10.

Mech, L. D. 2009. Long-term research on wolves in the Superior National Forest (Chapter 2). Pages 15-34 In Wydeven, A. P., Heske, E. J., and Van Deelen, T. R. Recovery of Wolves in the Great Lakes Region of the United States: An Endangered Species Success Story. Springer.

Barber-Meyer, S. M., Mech, L. D., and White, P. J. 2008. Elk calf survival and mortality following wolf restoration to Yellowstone National Park. Wildlife Monographs 169:1-30.

Barber-Meyer, S. M., Mech, L. D. 2008. Factors influencing predation on juvenile ungulates and natural selection. Wildlife Biology in Practice 4(1):8-29.

Harper, E. K., Paul, W. J., Mech, L. D., and Weisberg, S. 2008. Effectiveness of lethal, directed wolf depredation control in Minnesota. Journal of Wildlife Management 72:778-784.

Mech, L. D. 2008. Precision of Descriptors for Percent Marrow Fat Content for Whitetailed Deer, Odocoileus viriginianus The Canadian Field-Naturalist 122: 273

Mech, L. D. 2008. Weight Changes in Wild Wolves, Canis lupus, from Ages 2 to 24 Months The Canadian Field-Naturalist 122: 173-175

Mech, L. D., Paul, W. J. 2008. Wolf body mass cline across Minnesota related to taxonomy? Canadian Journal of Zoology 86: 933-936

Mech, L. D. 2008. Crying wolf: Concluding that wolves were not restored. C Biology Letters. 5, 65-66

Mech, L. D. Goyal, S. M., Paul, W. J., and Newton, W.E. 2008. Demographic effects of canine parvovirus on a free-ranging wolf population over 30 years. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 44(4):824-936.

Barber-Meyer, S. M., Johnson, C. R., Murtaugh, M. P., Mech, L. D., and White, P. J. 2007. Interleukin-6 and tumor necrosis in factor-alpha values in elk neonates. Journal of Mammalogy 88:421-426.

Barber-Meyer, S. M., White, P. J., and Mech, L. D. 2007. Survey of selected pathogens and blood parameters of northern Yellowstone elk: wolf sanitation effect implications. American Midland Naturalist 158:369-381.

Burdett, C. L., Moen, R. A., Niemi, G. J., and Mech, L. D. 2007. Defining space use and movements of Canada lynx with global positioning system telemetry. Journal of Mammalogy 88:457-467.

Demma, D. J., Barber-Meyer, S. M., and Mech, L. D. 2007. Testing global positioning system telemetry to study wolf predation on deer fawns. Journal of Wildlife Management 71(8):2767-2775.

MacNulty, D. R., Mech, L. D., and Smith, D. W. 2007. A proposed ethogram of large-carnivore predatory behavior, exemplified by the wolf. Journal of Mammalogy 88(3):595-605.

Mech, L. D. 2007. Possible use of foresight, understanding, and planning by wolves hunting muskoxen. Arctic 60(2):145-149.

Mech, L. D. 2007. Annual Arctic wolf pack size related to hare numbers. Arctic 60:309-311.

 

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