Evaluating prey switching in wolf-ungulate systems

Ecological Applications

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1588-1597

  Garrott, Robert A ^a   Bruggeman, Jason E ^a   Becker, Matthew S ^a   Kalinowski, Steven T ^a   White, P J ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bison; Canis lupus; Cervus elaphus; Elk; Functional response; Predator prey dynamics; Preference; Prey switching; Ratio dependence; Ungulates; Vulnerability; Wolves

Indexed keywords

CANID; DATA INTERPRETATION; DEER; DIETARY SHIFT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIELDWORK; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY PREFERENCE; REINTRODUCTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; VULNERABILITY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

BISON; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; UNGULATA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DEER; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; WOLF;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEER; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; WOLVES; WYOMING;

EID: 38449110256     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-1439.1     Document Type: Article

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