Summer kill rates and predation pattern in a wolf-moose system: Can we rely on winter estimates?

Oecologia

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 53-64

  Sand, Håkan ^a   Wabakken, Petter ^b   Zimmermann, Barbara ^b   Johansson, Örjan ^a   Pedersen, Hans C ^c   Liberg, Olof ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Alces alces; Biomass consumption; Canis lupus; Global Positioning System; Prey selection

Indexed keywords

CANID; DEER; ESTIMATION METHOD; GPS; JUVENILE; PREDATION; PREY SELECTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; WINTER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DEER; FEMALE; FORECASTING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SCANDINAVIA; SEASON; WOLF;

ANIMALS; DEER; FEMALE; FORECASTING; MALE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SCANDINAVIA; SEASONS; WOLVES;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

ALCES ALCES; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 42149100028     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-008-0969-2     Document Type: Article

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