Spawning salmon disrupt trophic coupling between wolves and ungulate prey in coastal British Columbia

BMC Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Darimont, Chris T ^a,b,d   Paquet, Paul C ^b,c   Reimchen, Thomas E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b Raincoast Conservation Foundation   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS; UNGULATA;

ISOTOPE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CANADA; CHEMISTRY; DEER; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; HAIR; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; SALMON; SEASON; WOLF;

ANIMALS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; DEER; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; HAIR; ISOTOPES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SALMON; SEASONS; WOLVES;

EID: 52249094903     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6785-8-14     Document Type: Article

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