Anthropogenic mortality, intraspecific competition, and prey availability influence territory sizes of wolves in Montana
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Anthropogenic mortality, intraspecific competition, and prey availability influence territory sizes of wolves in Montana
Territoriality in animals is of both theoretical and conservation interest. Animals are territorial when benefits of exclusive access to a limiting resource outweigh costs of maintaining and defending it. The size of territories can be considered a function of ecological factors that affect this benefit–cost ratio. Previous research has shown that territory sizes for wolves (Canis lupus) are la...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Mammalogy
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0022-2372,1545-1542
DOI: 10.1644/11-mamm-a-079.2