Feeding ecology of the wolf (Canis lupus) in a near-natural ecosystem in Mongolia
The increasing animosity towards wolves (Canis lupus) by livestock-keeping nomads in Mongolia and the accompanying conflicts highlight the urgent need for knowledge about the feeding behavior of wolves, since information on the feeding ecology of wolves in Mongolia is rare, especially in the mountai...
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ftsubgoettingen:oai:publications.goettingen-research-online.de:2/79643 2023-09-05T13:18:39+02:00 Feeding ecology of the wolf (Canis lupus) in a near-natural ecosystem in Mongolia Tiralla, Nina Holzapfel, Maika Ansorge, Hermann Tiralla, Nina; Bioclimatology, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany Holzapfel, Maika; Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Görlitz, Görlitz, Germany Ansorge, Hermann; International Institute Zittau, Technische Universität Dresden, Zittau, Germany 2021 https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/79643 https://doi.org/10.1007/s42991-020-00093-z en eng 1616-5047 1618-1476 Fakultät für Forstwissenschaften und Waldökologie Büsgen-Institut Abteilung Bioklimatologie https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/79643 doi:10.1007/s42991-020-00093-z CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ journal_article original_ja yes published_version 2021 ftsubgoettingen https://doi.org/10.1007/s42991-020-00093-z 2023-08-20T22:15:15Z The increasing animosity towards wolves (Canis lupus) by livestock-keeping nomads in Mongolia and the accompanying conflicts highlight the urgent need for knowledge about the feeding behavior of wolves, since information on the feeding ecology of wolves in Mongolia is rare, especially in the mountain taiga and mountain forest steppe regions of Northern Mongolia. Those regions are characterized by a relatively high wildlife diversity and are sparsely populated by humans. To face this problem, 137 wolf scats were collected in the Khentii Mountain range in Northern Mongolia between 2008 and 2012. Almost all wolf faeces contained remnants of wild ungulates, which made up 89% of the consumed biomass. Siberian roe deer (Capreolus pygargus) was the most important and positively selected prey species. It was followed by red deer (Cervus elaphus) and wild boar (Sus scrofa), which was negatively selected by wolves. Wolves also fed on buffer prey species such as lagomorphs and small mammals. No evidence of domestic ungulates was found in the wolf diet. Thus, near-natural habitats with a diverse fauna of wild animals are important to limit livestock depredation. Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (1018) Article in Journal/Newspaper Canis lupus taiga Georg-August-Universität Göttingen: GoeScholar Mammalian Biology 101 1 83 89 |
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The increasing animosity towards wolves (Canis lupus) by livestock-keeping nomads in Mongolia and the accompanying conflicts highlight the urgent need for knowledge about the feeding behavior of wolves, since information on the feeding ecology of wolves in Mongolia is rare, especially in the mountain taiga and mountain forest steppe regions of Northern Mongolia. Those regions are characterized by a relatively high wildlife diversity and are sparsely populated by humans. To face this problem, 137 wolf scats were collected in the Khentii Mountain range in Northern Mongolia between 2008 and 2012. Almost all wolf faeces contained remnants of wild ungulates, which made up 89% of the consumed biomass. Siberian roe deer (Capreolus pygargus) was the most important and positively selected prey species. It was followed by red deer (Cervus elaphus) and wild boar (Sus scrofa), which was negatively selected by wolves. Wolves also fed on buffer prey species such as lagomorphs and small mammals. No evidence of domestic ungulates was found in the wolf diet. Thus, near-natural habitats with a diverse fauna of wild animals are important to limit livestock depredation. Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (1018) |
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Tiralla, Nina; Bioclimatology, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany Holzapfel, Maika; Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Görlitz, Görlitz, Germany Ansorge, Hermann; International Institute Zittau, Technische Universität Dresden, Zittau, Germany |
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Tiralla, Nina Holzapfel, Maika Ansorge, Hermann Feeding ecology of the wolf (Canis lupus) in a near-natural ecosystem in Mongolia |
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Feeding ecology of the wolf (Canis lupus) in a near-natural ecosystem in Mongolia |
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Feeding ecology of the wolf (Canis lupus) in a near-natural ecosystem in Mongolia |
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Feeding ecology of the wolf (Canis lupus) in a near-natural ecosystem in Mongolia |
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Feeding ecology of the wolf (Canis lupus) in a near-natural ecosystem in Mongolia |
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Feeding ecology of the wolf (Canis lupus) in a near-natural ecosystem in Mongolia |
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feeding ecology of the wolf (canis lupus) in a near-natural ecosystem in mongolia |
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