Predation or scavenging? Prey body condition influences decision‐making in a facultative predator, the wolverine

• Published in: Ecosphere
• Main Authors: Mattisson, Jenny, Rauset, Geir Rune, Odden, John, Andrén, Henrik, Linnell, John D. C., Persson, Jens
• Other Authors: Naturvårdsverket, Norges Forskningsråd, Svenska Forskningsrådet Formas
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2016
• Subjects: Slaughter; Gulo gulo; Rangifer tarandus; Lynx; Lynx lynx lynx
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1407; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fecs2.1407; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ecs2.1407; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1002/ecs2.1407; https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ecs2.1407

Abstract The interaction between predators and their prey is a key factor driving population dynamics and shaping wildlife communities. Most predators will scavenge in addition to killing their own prey, which alters predation effects and implies that one cannot treat these as independent processes....