Cougar kill rate and prey composition in a multiprey system.

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Predation or scavenging? Prey body condition influences decision‐making in a facultative predator, the wolverine (2016, background): “Seasonal variation in kill rate has been frequently observed in other carnivore species (Sand et al. 2008, Knopff et al. 2010, Mattisson et al. 2011b, Metz et al. 2012, Rauset et al. 2012).”
Wolves, white-tailed deer, and beaver: implications of seasonal prey switching for woodland caribou declines (2013, background): “…of seasonal variation in predation patterns for understanding large mammal predator–prey dynamics has recently been highlighted (Sand et al. 2008, Knopff et al. 2010, Metz et al. 2012), and season may also play an important role in apparent competition and incidental predation if it affects the…”
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