Research Studies for the Guiding of Wolf-Policies

In this article the most essential scientific findings have been compiled that anybody (including national and global citizens) involved in wolf management policy making should be familiar with. The publication titles will be supplemented with brief outlines of the essential discoveries and some explanations provided in the studies or added by the author of this …

Grey Wolf (Canis lupus) – an Ecosystem Engineer, Keystone, Umbrella Species

In this article, summaries of scientific publications will be presented that discuss the wolf's vital role in natural ecosystems as well as wolf's interactions with other species. The collection aims to supplement the main article, 'Research Studies for the Guiding of Wolf Policies' that reviews scientific papers regarding other ecosystem services provided by wolves, discusses …

Wolf-Dog Hybridization: A Review

General statistics Although wolves and dogs occupy distinct niches in environment and they can be quite unlike one another in appearance, behaviour, morphology etc., these species diverged relatively recently (about 27 - 40 thousand years ago) and in many places their ranges overlap and interbreeding has been going on for millennia which is why crossing …