Staqeya: the lone wolf at the edge of its ecological niche
“In May 2012, a lone wolf (Canis lupus) appeared in Victoria, British Columbia (BC), Canada, a metropolitan area on the southern tip of Vancouver Island with a population of 365,000 (Fig. 1A, B). After sightings in backyards over a few days, the wolf settled in the adjacent Chatham and Discovery Islands. This wolf traveled a minimum of ~40 km from the nearest known wolf distribution, and through at least ~20 km of suburbia before swimming 1.5 km to the islands.”
Collins, D., Alexander, C., and Darimont, C.T. 2018. Staqeya: the lone wolf at the edge of its ecological niche. Ecology 100(1), e02513.
Listen to Chris Darimont on All Points West
In January Chris Darimont joined All Points West to discuss a wolf that was captured in James Bay and released on the West side of Vancouver Island.
