Biology 1201A Chapter Notes -Algonquin Provincial Park, Cottontail Rabbit, Eastern Wolf
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What do biologists believe are the genetic/evolutionary relationships between the eastern wolf (canis lycaon) of algonquin provincial park, the. First off, ecological factors play a big part in differences between the different types of wolves. Such that, the body size is noticeably different among the different regions with an increase in size along a latitudinal gradient, where animals in southern regions of. Ontario are smaller than the intermediate-sized animals in algonquin provincial park. Selection; the relationship between the wolves also has a great influence on by prey availability. But grey wolves and coyotes in western north america, outside the historic range of eastern wolves, show no evidence of hybridization. Also, the grey wolves, eastern wolves and western coyotes are hybridized forms of the canis species. Selection is influenced by differences in prey availability in the different regions. Moose have been a fluctuating presence in app since the early 1900s, but. Algonquin wolves have typically preyed primarily on deer.