Multi-trophic resource selection function enlightens the behavioural game between wolves and their prey

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1062-1071

  Courbin, Nicolas ^a   Fortin, Daniel ^a   Dussault, Christian ^b   Fargeot, Viviane ^a   Courtois, Réhaume ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alces alces; Canis lupus; Managed Canadian boreal forest; Multi trophic analyses; Predator multi prey behavioural game; Rangifer tarandus; Search tactic; Wolf prey encounter

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BOREAL FOREST; CANID; DEER; ENCOUNTER RATE; GPS; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; HOME RANGE; MOVEMENT; NICHE OVERLAP; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY CAPTURE; RESOURCE USE;

CANADA;

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

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CANADA; DEER; ECOSYSTEM; LOCOMOTION; MANAGED CANADIAN BOREAL FOREST; MOOSE; MULTI-TROPHIC ANALYSES; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; PREDATOR-MULTI-PREY BEHAVIOURAL GAME; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REINDEER; SEARCH TACTIC; SEASON; TREE; WOLF; WOLF-PREY ENCOUNTER;

ALCES ALCES; CANIS LUPUS; MANAGED CANADIAN BOREAL FOREST; MULTI-TROPHIC ANALYSES; PREDATOR-MULTI-PREY BEHAVIOURAL GAME; RANGIFER TARANDUS; SEARCH TACTIC; WOLF-PREY ENCOUNTER;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CANADA; DEER; ECOSYSTEM; LOCOMOTION; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; REINDEER; SEASONS; TREES; WOLVES;

EID: 84881547136     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12093     Document Type: Article

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