Kill rates and predation by wolves on ungulate populations in Białowieża primeval forest (Poland)

Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1341-1356

  Jȩdrzejewski, Włodzimierz ^a   Schmidt, Krzysztof ^a   Theuerkauf, Jörn ^a,b   Jȩdrzejewska, Bogumiła ^a   Selva, Nuria ^a   Zub, Karol ^a   Szymura, Lucyna ^a  

^a MAMMAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Canis lupus; Capreolus capreolus; Cervus elaphus; Deer population; Density dependence of predation; European pristine forests; Hunting group size; Snow cover; Sus scrofa; Wolf kill rates

Indexed keywords

CANID; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY CAPTURE; UNGULATE;

BIALOWIEZA PRIMEVAL FOREST; POLAND;

CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; CAPREOLUS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; CERVUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; LYNX; LYNX LYNX; SUS; SUS SCROFA; UNGULATA;

EID: 0037800356     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[1341:KRAPBW]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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