Ecological Studies of the Timber Wolf in Northeastern Minnesota

by L. David Mech; Louis Daniel Frenzel; P. D. Karns; Robert R. Ream; John W. Winship

D. B. King, Director

North Central Forest Experiment Station
D. B. King, Director
Forest Service—U.S. Department of Agriculture
Folwell Avenue
St. Paul, Minnesota 55101

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ECOLOGICAL STUDIES OF THE TIMBER WOLF
IN NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA

L. David Mech and L. D. Frenzel, Jr. (Editors)

CONTENTS

Movements, Behavior, and Ecology of Timber Wolves in Northeastern Minnesota L. David Mech, L. D. Frenzel, Jr., Robert R. Ream, and John W. Winship	[1]
An Analysis of the Age, Sex, and Condition of Deer Killed by Wolves in Northeastern Minnesota L. David Mech and L. D. Frenzel, Jr.	[35]
The Effect of Snow Conditions on the Vulnerability of White-Tailed Deer to Wolf Predation L. David Mech, L. D. Frenzel, Jr., and P. D. Karns	[51]
The Possible Occurrence of the Great Plains Wolf in Northeastern Minnesota L. David Mech and L. D. Frenzel, Jr.	[60]

THE AUTHORS

Dr. Mech, formerly with the Department of Biology, Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota, is now employed by the U.S. Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife, Twin Cities, Minnesota.

Dr. Frenzel, formerly with the Department of Biology, Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota, is now employed by the Department of Entomology, Fisheries, and Wildlife, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota.