Relationship between snow depth and gray wolf predation on white-tailed deer
Journal of Wildlife Management
By: Michael E. Nelson and L. David Mech
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Abstract
Survival of 203 yearling and adult white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) was monitored for 23,441 deer days from January through April 1975-85 in northeastern Minnesota. Gray wolf (Canis lupus) predation was the primary mortality cause, and from year to year during this period, the mean predation rate ranged from 0.00 to 0.29. The sum of weekly snow depths/month explained 51% of the variation in annual wolf predation rate, with the highest predation during the deepest snow.
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| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Relationship between snow depth and gray wolf predation on white-tailed deer |
| Series title | Journal of Wildlife Management |
| DOI | 10.2307/3801108 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Year Published | 1986 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Wiley |
| Contributing office(s) | Patuxent Wildlife Research Center |
| Description | 4 p. |
| First page | 471 |
| Last page | 474 |
| Country | United States |
| State | Minnesota |
| Other Geospatial | northeastern Minnesota |