We implemented a 3-year study in northeast Oregon to investigate cougar diet, kill rates, and prey selection in a multiple-prey system to assess the degree to which patterns in cougar predation may be generalizable across systems and to identify selective predation patterns of cougars that may ...
Snow can affect wolf predation rates, diet composition, and scavenging, which are important components in understanding and managing wolf-prey systems. Thu... DJ Huggard - 《Journal of Wildlife Management》 被引量: 465发表: 0年 Effect of Snow Depth on Predation and Scavenging by Gray Wolves Sn...
We found that feeding bout duration was driven primarily by the size of the prey item being consumed, local bear density, and the presence of dependent kittens. The proportion of mule deer in cougar diet across all study areas declined over time, was lower for male cougars, increased wi...