Diet shift of a facultative scavenger, the wolverine, following recolonization of wolves

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1183-1190

  Van Dijk, Jiska ^a   Gustavsen, Line ^b   Mysterud, Atle ^b   May, Roel ^a   Flagstad, Øystein ^a   Brøseth, Henrik ^a   Andersen, Roy ^a   Andersen, Reidar ^c   Steen, Harald ^d   Landa, Arild ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Hunting; Intraguild interactions; Large carnivores; Scavenging; Sexual segregation

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIETARY SHIFT; DNA; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; HOME RANGE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTRAGUILD PREDATION; MUSTELID; PREY AVAILABILITY; RECOLONIZATION; SCAVENGER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DEER; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MUSTELIDAE; PHYSIOLOGY; RODENT; SCANDINAVIA; WOLF;

ANIMALS; DEER; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MUSTELIDAE; RODENTIA; SCANDINAVIA; WOLVES;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN EUROPE; PENNSYLVANIA; SCANDINAVIA; UNITED STATES;

ALCES ALCES; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; GULO GULO; RANGIFER TARANDUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 50649104780     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2008.01445.x     Document Type: Article

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