White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) fawn risk from Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) predation during summer

Little is known about how often various prey animals are at risk of predation by Gray Wolves (Canis lupus). We used a system to monitor the presence during the day of two radio-collared Gray Wolves within 2 km of a radio-collared White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) with a fawn or fawns in Aug...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:The Canadian Field-Naturalist
Main Authors: Mech, L. David, Morris, Aaron, Barber-Meyer, Shannon
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club 2016
Subjects:
Gray Wolf
Canis lupus
White-tailed Deer
Odocoileus virginianus
fawn
predation
hunting behaviour
radiotracking
Superior National Forest
Minnesota
gray wolf
Online Access:https://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1758
https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v129i4.1758
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Summary:Little is known about how often various prey animals are at risk of predation by Gray Wolves (Canis lupus). We used a system to monitor the presence during the day of two radio-collared Gray Wolves within 2 km of a radio-collared White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) with a fawn or fawns in August 2013 in the Superior National Forest of northeastern Minnesota. We concluded that the fawn or fawns were at risk of predation by at least one wolf at least daily.

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