Title
Ungulate predation and ecological roles of wolves and coyotes in eastern North America
Author(s)
John F. Benson; Karen M. Loveless; Linda Y. Rutledge; Brent R. Patterson
Published
2017
Publisher
Ecological Applications
Abstract
WCS Weston Fellow John Benson and colleagues studied the predatory behaviour of eastern coyotes, eastern wolves and grey wolves on deer and moose to examine ecological niche overlap. They determined that packs dominated by coyote ancestry killed fewer ungulates (deer and moose) per capita, and consumed more anthropogenic food than wolf-dominated packs. Eastern and grey wolves killed moose at similar rates across comparable densities.
Keywords
Canis latrans; Canis lupus; Canis lycaon; deer; eastern coyote; eastern wolf; functional response; kill rate; moose; predator–prey
Full Citation
John F. Benson, Karen M. Loveless, Linda Y. Rutledge, Brent R. Patterson. 2017. Ungulate predation and ecological roles of wolves and coyotes in eastern North America. Ecological Applications 27(3):718-733
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