Towards resolving taxonomic uncertainties in wolf, dog and jackal lineages of Africa, Eurasia and Australasia

M Krofel, J Hatlauf, W Bogdanowicz… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Successful conservation depends on accurate taxonomy. Currently, the taxonomy of canids
in Africa, Eurasia and Australasia is unstable as recent molecular and morphological studies …

Ancient divergence of Indian and Tibetan wolves revealed by recombination‐aware phylogenomics

LM Hennelly, B Habib, S Modi, EK Rueness… - Molecular …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The grey wolf (Canis lupus) expanded its range across Holarctic regions during the late
Pleistocene. Consequently, most grey wolves share recent (< 100,000 years ago) maternal …

Two pup vocalization types are genetically and functionally separable in deer mice

N Jourjine, ML Woolfolk, JI Sanguinetti-Scheck… - Current Biology, 2023 - cell.com
Vocalization is a widespread social behavior in vertebrates that can affect fitness in the wild.
Although many vocal behaviors are highly conserved, heritable features of specific …

[HTML][HTML] The unique genetic adaptation of the Himalayan wolf to high-altitudes and consequences for conservation

G Werhahn, H Senn, M Ghazali, D Karmacharya… - Global Ecology and …, 2018 - Elsevier
The Himalayan wolf seems uniquely adapted to life at high-altitudes of the Himalayas and
the Tibetan Plateau. Through a non-invasive survey we confirm the presence of the …

The Diversity in the Genus Canis Challenges Conservation Biology: A Review of Available Data on Asian Wolves

G Werhahn, H Senn, DW Macdonald… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Taxa belonging to the Genus Canis can challenge taxonomists because species boundaries
and distribution ranges are often gradual. Species delineation within Canis is currently not …

Changes in ecological conditions may influence intraguild competition: inferring interaction patterns of snow leopard with co-predators

R Pal, A Panwar, SP Goyal, S Sathyakumar - PeerJ, 2022 - peerj.com
Background Large-scale changes in habitat conditions due to human modifications and
climate change require management practices to consider how species communities can …

Himalayan wolf distribution and admixture based on multiple genetic markers

G Werhahn, Y Liu, Y Meng, C Cheng, Z Lu… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Aim We explore the phylogeography of Himalayan wolves using multiple genetic markers
applied on a landscape‐scale dataset and relate our findings to the biogeographic history of …

Bioacoustic detection of wolves: identifying subspecies and individuals by howls

HL Larsen, C Pertoldi, N Madsen, E Randi, AV Stronen… - Animals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary This study evaluates the use of acoustic devices as a method to monitor
wolves by analyzing different variables extracted from wolf howls. By analyzing the wolf …

How do seasonal changes in adult wolf defecation patterns affect scat detection probabilities?

F Roda, F Poulard, G Ayache, N Nasi… - Journal of Vertebrate …, 2022 - BioOne
Wolves are currently recolonising their historic range in France. The collection of scats is a
widely used a non-invasive survey method to monitor wolf population size. However …

Comparative Ecological Perspectives of Two Ancient Lineages of Gray Wolves: Woolly Wolf (Canis lupus chanco) and Indian Wolf (Canis lupus pallipes)

S Khan, S Shrotriya, S Sadhukhan… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Geographical isolation can often lead to speciation, and two disconnected populations of the
same species living in drastically different bioclimatic regions provide an opportunity to …