| Type of Document |
Dissertation |
| Author |
Appelt, Cathleen Jane
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| Author's Email Address |
cjappelt@pitt.edu |
| URN |
etd-05052002-220759 |
| Title |
As the Den Turns: Pack Status as an Emergent Property of Interpack Mating Alliances and Occupation of Territory among Wolves in Yellowstone National Park, 1995-2000 |
| Degree |
Doctor of Philosophy |
| Program |
Sociology |
| School |
School of Arts and Sciences |
| Advisory Committee |
| Advisor Name |
Title |
| Patrick Doreian |
Committee Chair |
| Norman P. Hummon |
Committee Member |
| Richard Grannis |
Committee Member |
| Thomas J. Fararo |
Committee Member |
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| Keywords |
- gray wolves
- gray wolf
- wolf sociology
- polygamous mating
- non-human social structure
- canis lupus
- relinking
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| Date of Defense |
2002-01-10 |
| Availability |
unrestricted |
Abstract
This project represents a social scientific investigation of the emergence of patterned relations among wolf packs in a colonizing wolf population. Data analyzed were collected by the National Parks Service’s Wolf Project. The formation of structurally endogamous mating alliances is explored using P-Graph methodology and Parente Suite software programs. Qualitative techniques were also employed to explore the social structure among wolf packs in Yellowstone National Park (YNP). Findings suggest that a multi-level social organization exists among YNP wolves.
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