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Corrigendum—Comparing body condition of moose (Alces alces) selected by wolves (Canis lupus) and human hunters: consequences for the extent of compensatory mortality
- Source :
- Canadian Journal of Zoology. 90:682-682
- Publication Year :
- 2012
- Publisher :
- Canadian Science Publishing, 2012.
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Abstract
- Predators commonly select prey of inferior quality compared with the average animals found in the population. Consequently, predation may often be compensatory to other sources of mortality. We tested whether wolves (Canis lupus L., 1758) in Scandinavia selected moose in poor body condition by comparing mandibular marrow fat (MMF) of wolf-killed moose (Alces alces (L., 1758)) with harvested moose. Model selection analyses indicated that MMF levels were lower for wolf-killed moose compared with harvested moose, but an unbalanced sample design between years for the two causes of death (wolves and harvest) may have confounded a clear interpretation of the results. Nevertheless, corrected MMF levels (to 1 April) showed that a significantly (p = 0.006) higher proportion of the wolf-killed calves (18.5%) were below the level often assumed to reflect acute malnutrition (
- Subjects :
- Marrow fat
education.field_of_study
Systemic lupus erythematosus
biology
Ecology
Physiological condition
Population
biology.organism_classification
medicine.disease
Predation
Caniformia
Animal science
Canis
medicine
Animal Science and Zoology
education
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Body condition
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- ISSN :
- 14803283 and 00084301
- Volume :
- 90
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Canadian Journal of Zoology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........8bc12d972abc216ce1caa6be87a40b3a