Killing of a Muskox, Ovibos moschatus, by two Wolves, Canis lupus, and subsequent caching

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 673-675

  David Mech, L ^a,b   Adams, Layne G ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b NORTH CENTRAL RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Caching; Canada; Canis lupus; Feeding; Food consumption; Muskox; Northwest Territories; Ovibos moschatus; Predation; Wolf

Indexed keywords

CACHING; CANID; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PREDATION;

CANADA;

CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; CARNIVORA; OVIBOS; OVIBOS MOSCHATUS MOSCHATUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033379791     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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