Spawning Salmon Disrupt Trophic Coupling Between Wolves and Ungulate Prey in Coastal British Columbia

• Main Authors: Darimont, Chris T., Paquet, Paul C., Reimchen, Thomas E.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: WBI Studies Repository 2008
• Subjects: Home Range; Hair Sample; British Columbia; Pink Salmon; Black Bear; Animal Studies; Biodiversity; Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology; Canada; Canis lupus; Pink salmon
• Online Access: https://www.wellbeingintlstudiesrepository.org/nonpbinv/1; https://www.wellbeingintlstudiesrepository.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=nonpbinv

Background: As a cross-boundary resource subsidy, spawning salmon can strongly affect consumer and ecosystem ecology. Here we examine whether this marine resource can influence a terrestrial wolf-deer (Canis lupus-Odocoileus hemionus) predator-prey system in coastal British Columbia, Canada. Data on...