Cascading Effects of Wolves and Their Relationship to Coyotes and Pronghorn
Authors(s): J. Berger, K. Snow and S. Pyare
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Abstract: Objectives The objectives fall into two primary areas -- first to examine how wolves affect coyotes, and second to evaluate relationships between coyotes and pronghorn fawn recruitment. Although the primary goal is to acquire information about predator-prey dynamics involving wolves, this may be accomplished by focusing either on direct or indirect effects of wolves, or both. Findings and Status The research has only begun, and less than a dozen coyotes are radio-collared, and about an equal number of adult pronghorn females are known either by conspicuous marking and/or past radio-collars from a prior study. Because pronghorn migrate from Grand Teton Park to areas south and east, winter work will focus on components of coyote ecology and data analyses involving past pronghorn dynamics in and around the park.
Keywords: animal, mammal, canine, Canidae, wolf, Canis lupus, coyote, Canis latrans, ungulate, Cervidae, pronghorn, antelope, Antilocapra americana, predation, population, mortality, radio collar, Grand Teton National Park, Teton County, migration, ecology
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| AUTHORS | J. Berger, K. Snow and S. Pyare |
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| DOC TITLE | Cascading Effects of Wolves and Their Relationship to Coyotes and Pronghorn |
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| KEYWORDS | animal, mammal, canine, Canidae, wolf, Canis lupus, coyote, Canis latrans, ungulate, Cervidae, pronghorn, antelope, Antilocapra americana, predation, population, mortality, radio collar, Grand Teton National Park, Teton County, migration, ecology |
| ABSTRACT | Objectives
The objectives fall into two primary areas -- first to examine how wolves affect coyotes, and second to evaluate relationships between coyotes and pronghorn fawn recruitment. Although the primary goal is to acquire information about predator-prey dynamics involving wolves, this may be accomplished by focusing either on direct or indirect effects of wolves, or both.
Findings and Status
The research has only begun, and less than a dozen coyotes are radio-collared, and about an equal number of adult pronghorn females are known either by conspicuous marking and/or past radio-collars from a prior study. Because pronghorn migrate from Grand Teton Park to areas south and east, winter work will focus on components of coyote ecology and data analyses involving past pronghorn dynamics in and around the park. |
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