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Table 1 Summary table for the five gray wolves monitored in and around Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska

From: Environmental correlates of activity and energetics in a wide-ranging social carnivore

Wolf ID

Age (yrs)

Weight (kg; start, end)

Deployment (days)

Reproductive status

Pack size (start, end)

Mean 95% UD (km2)

95% CI UD (km2)

CTCRW daily distance travelled (km)

Slope

Angle during incline locomotion (°)

Daily energy expenditure

CTCRW DEE

(MJ day−1)

ODBA DEE

(MJ day−1)

1502M

3

47, 48

212

Denned

2, 8

510

434–591

17.5 ± 0.6

0.79

 ± 0.07

15.3

 ± 0.1

23.0

 ± 0.3

1501M

3

51, 52

211

Denned

4, 6

3983

2837–5321

22.4 ± 1.0

3.86

 ± 0.14

19.5

 ± 0.3

25.1

 ± 0.4

1507M

2

45, N/A

50

N/A

14, 4

4107

1282–8547

13.5 ± 1.3

1.52

 ± 0.13

14.0

 ± 0.3

17.4

 ± 0.4

1503M

3

41, 45

210

Denned

2, 6

2067

1482–274

14.5 ± 0.8

2.36

 ± 0.09,

13.2

 ± 0.2

16.8

 ± 0.3

1506M

2–3

46, 46

209

Did not den

5, 2

8258

4530–13,087

21.2 ± 0.9

1.02

 ± 0.05

15.6

 ± 0.2

23.3

 ± 0.5

Mean ± SE

2–3

46, 47

178.0 ± 26.2

3 of 5 denned

5.4 ± 2.2,

5.2 ± 1.0

3785 ± 1301

 

17.8 ± 1.8

1.9

 ± 0.1

15.8

 ± 0.1

21.8

 ± 0.2

  1. Pack size includes any 2015 pups surviving to the end of the study period (early October). Where applicable, data are presented as mean ± SE
  2. UD: utilization distribution; CTCRW: continuous time-correlated random walk; DEE: daily energy expenditure; ODBA: overall dynamic body acceleration