Predators in natural fragments: Foraging ecology of wolves in British Columbia's central and north coast archipelago

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1867-1877

  Darimont, C T ^a,b   Price, M H H ^a   Winchester, N N ^a   Gordon Walker, J ^b   Paquet, P C ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b Raincoast Conservation Society   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d University of Victoria ^*

Author keywords

Archipelago; Black tailed deer; British Columbia; Canis lupus; Conservation; Foraging; Fragmentation; Islands; Odocoileus hemionus; Wolf

Indexed keywords

CANID; DIET; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RESERVE DESIGN;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

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

EID: 6944256820     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2004.01141.x     Document Type: Article

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