Red Wolf Project: Further Reading and Resources to Explore

This is a growing list of resources that will be updated alongside the progression of the project. Be sure to join our mailing list so you can be notified of updates.

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USFWS Red Wolf Info:

• Updates on the Red Wolf Recovery Program

• July 2020 - Updating the Red Wolf Recovery Plan

Papers on Species Conservation and Endangered Species Act

• vonHoldt, B.M., Brzeski, K.E., Wilcove, D.S. and Rutledge, L.Y. 2018. Redefining the Role of Admixture and Genomics in Species Conservation. Conservation Letters 11: e12371.

• Waples, R., R. Kays, R. Fredrickson, K. Pacifici and L. Mills. 2018. “Is the Red Wolf a Listable Unit Under the US Endangered Species Act?” Journal of Heredity 109: 585 - 597.

Studies and Scientific Publications:

• McCarley, H. 1962. The taxonomic status of wild Canis (Canidae) in the south central United States. Southwestern Naturalist 7: 227-235.

• Paradiso, J.L. 1968. Canids recently collected in East Texas, with comments on the taxonomy of the red wolf. American Midland Naturalist 80: 529-534.

• Paradiso, J.L. and Nowak, R.M. 1972. Canis rufus. Mammalian Species 22: 1-4.

• Paradiso, J.L. and Nowak, R.M. 1973. New data on the red wolf in Alabama. Journal of Mammalogy 54: 506-509.

• Nowak, R. 2002. The Original Status of Wolves in the United States

• Mech, L.D. and R.M. Nowak. 2010. Systematic status of wild Canis in north-central Texas. Southeastern Naturalist 9: 587-594.

• vonHoldt BM, Pollinger JP, et al. 2011. A genome-wide perspective on the evolutionary history of enigmatic wolf-like canids. Genome Res. 21:1294–1305.

• vonHoldt BM, Cahill JA, et al. 2016. Whole-genome sequence analysis shows that two endemic species of North American wolf are admixtures of the coyote and gray wolf. Sci Adv. 2:e1501714.

• Murphy, SM, Adams, JR, Cox, JJ, Waits, LP. Substantial red wolf genetic ancestry persists in wild canids of southwestern Louisiana. Conservation Letters. 2019; 12:e12621

• Heppenheimer, E. K. E. Brzeski, R. Wooten, W. Waddell, L. Y. Rutledge, M. J. Chamberlain, D. R. Stahler, J. W. Hinton, B. M. vonHoldt. 2018. Rediscovery of red wolf ghost alleles in a canid population along the American Gulf Coast. Genes 9:618

• Heppenheimer, E., K. E. Brzeski, J. W. Hinton, M. J. Chamberlain, J. Robinson, R. K. Wayne, B. M. vonHoldt. 2020. A genome-wide perspective on the persistence of red wolf ancestry analysis in southeastern canids. Journal of Heredity 111:277-286.

• Hinton, J. W., E. Heppenheimer, K. West, D. Caudill, M. Earthman, J. C. Kilgo, J. Mayer, B. vonHoldt, and M. J. Chamberlain. 2019. Geographic patterns in morphometric and genetic variation for coyote populations with emphasis on southeastern coyotes. Ecology and Evolution 9:3389-3404

• Hinton, J. W., J. L. Gittleman, F. T. van Manen, and M. J. Chamberlain. 2018. Size-assortative choice and mate availability influences hybridization between red wolves (Canis rufus) and coyotes (Canis latrans). Ecology and Evolution 8:3927-3940

• Hinton, J. W., G. C. White, D. R. Rabon Jr., and M. J. Chamberlain. 2017. Survival and population estimates of the red wolf. Journal of Wildlife Management 81:417-428.

• Hinton, J. W., K. E. Brzeski, D. R. Rabon, Jr. and M. J. Chamberlain. 2017. Effects of anthropogenic mortality on critically endangered red wolf Canis rufus breeding pairs: implications for red wolf recovery. Oryx 51:174-181.

• Hinton, J. W., C. Proctor, M. J. Kelly, F. T. van Manen, M. R. Vaughan, and M. J. Chamberlain. 2016. Space use and habitat selection by resident and transient red wolves (Canis rufus).

Articles:

• 2018 Hybrids - And Possibly Full Red Wolf - Found on La. and Tx. Coast

• 2018 Rule to Allow Hunting Could Doom Rare Red Wolves

• 2018 8 Years Until Red Wolves Go Extinct

• 2018 Court Victory: Wild Red Wolves Get a Chance at Survival

• 2019 National Academy of Science Confirms Red Wolf as a Valid Species

• 2020 Critically Endangered Red Wolf Illegally Killed in August; Only 7 Known to Remain in Wild

• 2020 Settlement requires feds to update red wolf recovery plan by February 2023

Call for Applications for Research 2019 + Species Status + Research Strategy - National Academy of Science / USFWS:

• 2019 Evaluating the Taxonomic Status of the Mexican Gray Wolf and the Red Wolf

• 2019 Research to Determine the Taxonomy of Wild Canids in Southeastern United States

• 2020 Evaluation of Applications to Carry Out Research to Determine the Taxonomy of Wild Canids in the Southeastern United States 

• 2020 A Research Strategy to Examine the Taxonomy of the Red Wolf