Wolves, White-tailed Deer, and Beaver: Implications of Seasonal Prey Switching for Woodland Caribou Declines

Authors
Andrew Latham
Maria Latham
Kyle Knopff
Mark Hebblewhite
Stan Boutin
Resource Date:
2013
Page Length
16

Global warming and landscape changes in Alberta's bitumen sands have resulted in prey enrichment, which is changing the large mammal predator – prey system and causing declines in woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) populations. We assessed seasonal patterns of prey use and spatial selection by wolves (Canis lupus) in two woodland caribou ranges in northeastern Alberta, Canada, that have undergone prey enrichment following recent white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) invasion.