Early Ontogenetic Diet in Gray Wolves, Canis lupus, of Coastal British Columbia

• Main Authors: Bryan, Heather M., Darimont, Chris T., Reimchen, Thomas E., Paquet, Paul C.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: WBI Studies Repository 2006
• Subjects: Gray Wolf; Canis lupus; Sitka Black-tailed Deer; Odocoileus hemionus; provisioning; pups; diet; British Columbia; Animal Studies; Population Biology; Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology; Canada; gray wolf
• Online Access: https://www.wellbeingintlstudiesrepository.org/bioeopp/2; https://www.wellbeingintlstudiesrepository.org/context/bioeopp/article/1001/viewcontent/Early_Ontogenetic_Diet.pdf

Within populations, different age classes often consume dissimilar resources, and provisioning of juveniles by adults is one mechanism by which this can occur. Although the diet of Gray Wolves (Canis lupus) has been studied extensively, the diet of pups is largely unknown. We examined faeces deposit...