Foraging behaviours and diets of wolves in the queen maud gulf bird sanctuary, Nunavut, Canada

Arctic

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 399-404

  Nathan, Wiebe ^a,b   Gustaf, Samelius ^a   Alisauskas, Ray T ^a,c   Bantle, Jason L ^a,d   Christoffer, Bergman ^b   Robert De, Carle ^a,b   Hendrickson, Christopher J ^a,e   Alain, Lusignan ^f,g   Phipps, Kimberly J ^a,h   Justin, Pitt ^a,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b Prairie and Northern Wildlife Research Centre ^*  (United States)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d Jason Leo Bantle Photography   (Canada)

^e Chris Hendrickson Photography   (Canada)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^h AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canis lupus; Foraging behaviour; Migratory birds; Queen maud gulf bird sanctuary; Vulnerability of prey; Wolves

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIRD; CANID; DIET; PREDATION; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY CAPTURE; UNGULATE; VULNERABILITY;

CANADA; NUNAVUT; QUEEN MAUD GULF MIGRATORY BIRD SANCTUARY;

ANATIDAE; ANSER; AVES; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 75749144673     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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