Regurgitative food transfer among wild wolves

• Main Authors: Mech, L. David, Wolf, Paul C., Packard, Jane M.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln 1999
• Subjects: Animal Sciences; Behavior and Ethology; Biodiversity; Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Environmental Policy; Life Sciences; Recreation; Parks and Tourism Administration; Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology; Ellesmere Island; Canada; Kendall; Territoires du Nord-Ouest
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/usgsnpwrc/380; https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/usgsnpwrc/article/1392/viewcontent/Mech_CJZ_1999_Regurgitative_food_transfer.pdf

Few studies of monogamous canids have addressed regurgitation in the context of extended parental care and alloparental care within family groups. We studied food transfer by regurgitation in a pack of wolves on Ellesmere Island, North West Territories, Canada, during 6 summers from 1988 through 199...