Proportion of Calves and Adult Muskoxen, Ovibos moschatus Killed by Gray Wolves, Canis lupus, in July on Ellesmere Island

Generally Gray Wolves (Canis lupus L., 1758) tend to focus predation on young-of-the-year ungulates during summer, and I hypothesized that wolves preying on Muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus Zimmerman, 1780) in summer would follow that trend. Over 23 July periods observing wolves on Ellesmere Island, Nunav...

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Published in:The Canadian Field-Naturalist
Main Author: Mech, L. David
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club 2010
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Online Access:https://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1083
https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v124i3.1083