Alpha Status, Dominance, and Division of Labor

in Wolf Packs by

L. David Mech1

Mech, L. David. 1999. Alpha status, dominance, and division of labor in wolf packs. Canadian Journal of Zoology 77:1196-1203.

This resource should be cited as:

Mech, L. David. 1999. Alpha status, dominance, and division of labor in wolf packs. Canadian Journal of Zoology 77:1196-1203. Jamestown, ND: Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center Online. http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/2000/alstat/alstat.htm (Version 16MAY2000).

Tables

Table 1 - Dominance interactions, in the Ellesmere Island wolf pack, between breeders when no auxiliaries were present.

Table 2 - Dominance interactions, in the Ellesmere Island wolf pack, among breeders and yearlings in 1993.

Table 3 - Dominance interactions, in the Ellesmere Island wolf pack, among breeders and yearlings in 1998.

Table 4 - Dominance interactions, in the Ellesmere Island wolf pack, among breeders and 2-year-old wolves in 1994.

Table 5 - Dominance interactions, in the Ellesmere Island wolf pack, among breeders and a post-reproductive female in 1990 and 1991.

Table 6 - Observed attempts to defend food from packmates in the Ellesmere Island wolf pack.

Present address: North Central Research Station, 1992 Folwell Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55108, U.S.A.

(e-mail: Mechx002@tc.umn.edu).