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Effect of Sociality and Season on Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) Foraging Behavior: Implications for Estimating Summer Kill Rate

BACKGROUND: Understanding how kill rates vary among seasons is required to understand predation by vertebrate species living in temperate climates. Unfortunately, kill rates are only rarely estimated during summer. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: For several wolf packs in Yellowstone National Park,...

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Autores principales: Metz, Matthew C., Vucetich, John A., Smith, Douglas W., Stahler, Daniel R., Peterson, Rolf O.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3046980/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21390256
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0017332