L. David Mech

United States Geological Survey — United States

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

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Research Topics

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation(262), Ecology and biodiversity studies(88), Rangeland and Wildlife Management(67), Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies(60), Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies(48)

Publications385 total

MULTIPLE SAME-SEX SCENT-MARKING IN FREE RANGING PACKS OF GRAY WOLVES (CANIS LUPUS)
Northwestern Naturalist·2025
Ancient origin of the furin sequence in the wolf F8 gene
Open Veterinary Journal·2025Open Access
Wolf density and predation patterns in the Canadian High Arctic
Journal of Wildlife Management·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Wolf population density: prey biomass limits via intrinsic factors
Wildlife Biology·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
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2024
A Woman Among Wolves: My Journey Through Forty Years of Wolf Recovery By Diane K.Boyd, Vancouver, British Columbia: Greystone Books. 2024. pp. 240. $26.95 (hardcover). ISBN: 978‐1778401138
Journal of Wildlife Management·2024
An observation of incest avoidance in Gray Wolf (<i>Canis lupus</i>)
The Canadian Field-Naturalist·2024Open Access
The challenges of success: Future wolf conservation and management in the United States
BioScience·2023· 22 citedOpen Access
Geographic isolation reduces genetic diversity of a wide‐ranging terrestrial vertebrate, <i>Canis lupus</i>
Ecosphere·2023· 5 citedOpen Access
A Plea for Red Wolf Conservation throughout Its Recent Distribution
Southeastern Naturalist·2023· 1 cited
A field test of R package <scp>GPSeqClus</scp> : For establishing animal location clusters
Ecological Solutions and Evidence·2023· 4 citedOpen Access
Automatic recorders monitor wolves at rendezvous sites: do wolves adjust howling to live near humans?
Biodiversity and Conservation·2022· 3 cited
Newly Documented Behaviour of Free-Ranging Arctic Wolf Pups
ARCTIC·2022· 6 citedOpen Access
An assessment of current wolf<i>Canis lupus</i>domestication hypotheses based on wolf ecology and behaviour
Mammal Review·2021· 19 cited
The importance of wilderness to wolf (Canis lupus) survival and cause-specific mortality over 50 years
Biological Conservation·2021· 28 cited
Wolves (Radio-Tracking)
2021
Deer in Forested Areas
2021· 4 cited
The enigma of the Předmostí protodogs. A comment on Prassack et al. 2020
Journal of Archaeological Science·2021· 6 citedOpen Access
Behaviorally-mediated trophic cascade attenuated by prey use of risky places at safe times
Oecologia·2021· 31 cited
Unexplained patterns of grey wolf <i>Canis lupus</i> natal dispersal
Mammal Review·2020· 18 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Douglas W. Smith(8), Daniel R. MacNulty(7), Rolf O. Peterson(6), Steven H. Fritts(5), Niles Lehman(4), T. J. Neep(4), Andrew Eisenhawer(3), Kimberly Hansen(3), Peter J. P. Gogan(3), Robert K. Wayne(3), Fred Harvey Harrington(3), Luigi Boitani(2), Ronald E. McRoberts(2), John A. Vucetich(2), Craig Packer(2), William Paúl(2), Daniel R. Stahler(2), W. Paul(2), Alan B. Sargeant(1), Theodore J. Floyd(1)