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...
Published in: | The Canadian Field-Naturalist |
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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 |