Ecological Studies of the Timber Wolf in Northeastern MinnesotaMech, L. David
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Ecological Studies of the Timber Wolf in Northeastern Minnesota
Mech, L. David
Deer -- Minnesota; Gray wolf -- Behavior -- Minnesota; Gray wolf -- Ecology -- Minnesota
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AN ANALYSIS OF THE AGE, SEX, AND CONDITION OF DEER KILLED BY WOLVES IN
NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA
L. David Mech and L. D. Frenzel, Jr.
The selective effect of predation on prey populations is of
significance in studies of evolution and population dynamics. Selective
predation can be an important agent in the process of natural
selection, and it influences the extent to which predators limit the
numbers of their prey.
One of the predators most commonly chosen for investigating the
selective effect upon prey is the wolf (_Canis lupus_). Because animals
preyed upon by wolves generally are large, their remains can be more
easily located and examined. It already has been established that in
most areas wolves kill primarily young, old, and other inferior members
of such prey populations as Dall sheep (_Ovis dalli_), moose (_Alces
alces_), caribou (_Rangifer tarandus_), bison (_Bison bison_), and
musk-oxen (_Ovibos moschatus_); evidence for this generalization has
been summarized by Mech (1970).
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