Foraging behaviour by gray wolves on salmon streams in coastal British Columbia

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 349-353

  Darimont, C T ^a   Reimchen, T E ^a   Paquet, P C ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c World Wildlife Fund Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; NUTRITION; WATERSHEDS;

SALMON PREDATION;

BIODIVERSITY;

CANID; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PREDATION; SALMONID; SYMPATRY;

CANADA;

CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; MAMMALIA; ONCORHYNCHUS; SALMONIDAE; UNGULATA;

EID: 0038732410     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z02-246     Document Type: Article

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