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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Main Authors: Mech, L. David, Morris, Aaron, Barber-Meyer, Shannon M.
Format: Text
Language:unknown
Published: DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln 2015
Subjects:
Gray Wolf
Canis lupus
White-tailed Deer
Odocoileus virginianus
fawn
predation
hunting behaviour
radiotracking
Superior National Forest
Minnesota
Animal Sciences
Behavior and Ethology
Biodiversity
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Environmental Policy
Life Sciences
Recreation
Parks and Tourism Administration
Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology
gray wolf
Online Access:https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/usgsnpwrc/354
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/usgsnpwrc/article/1342/viewcontent/Mech_CFN_2015_White_tailed_Deer_fawn_risk.pdf
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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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