Article: Summer food habits of gray wolves in the boreal forest of the Lac Jacques-Cartier highlands, Quebec.(Statistical Data Included)

ABSTRACT: As part of a larger study on the ecology of gray wolves (Canis lupus) of the Lac Jacques-Cartier highlands, Quebec, the 1996-1997 summer diet of two wolf packs was determined by examining undigested remains in 1,621 scats (Malbaie pack: n = 1,371; Grands-Jardins pack: n = 250). Concern about the rate of a small reintroduced woodland caribou herd stimulated this study. Log-linear analysis performed on the percent volume of prey in scats revealed significant diet variation between packs and years. Corrections for prey digestibility were computed to estimate the biomass and relative numbers of prey eaten. The Malbaie pack consumed more moose (Alces alces) than ...

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