Diet flexibility of wolves and black bears in the range of migratory caribou

• Published in: Journal of Mammalogy
• Main Authors: Michaël Bonin, Christian Dussault, Joëlle Taillon, John Pisapio, Nicolas Lecomte, Steeve D. Côté
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: American Society of Mammalogists 2023
• Subjects: diet analyses; northern food webs; predator diet flexibility; Canada; Rivière aux Feuilles; Rivière George; Alces alces; Canis lupus; caribou; Dicrostonyx hudsonius; ovibos moschatus; Rangifer tarandus; Ungava Collared Lemming
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyad002

The diet of predators can be highly variable, which is exemplified by their ability to acclimate to a wide range of ecological conditions. Such flexibility in foraging may be a key aspect of their performance in unpredictable environments such as at the edge of the range of a species or where food a...