Himalayan wolf foraging ecology and the importance of wild prey

• Published in: Global Ecology and Conservation
• Main Authors: Geraldine Werhahn, Naresh Kusi, Xiaoyu Li, Cheng Chen, Lu Zhi, Raquel Lázaro Martín, Claudio Sillero-Zubiri, David W. Macdonald
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2019
• Subjects: Ecology; QH540-549.5; Humla; Naur; Canis lupus
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2019.e00780; https://doaj.org/article/940c383ceb8c47f9ada5bbe56727b5b8

Carnivore predation on livestock and game species leads to human-carnivore conflict. Thus, understanding the foraging ecology of threatened carnivores is important for conservation planning. We explore the summer diet of the Himalayan wolf, and of sympatric carnivores, based on the analysis of 257 f...