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Diet of the grey wolf Canis lupus in Roztocze and Solska Forest, south-east Poland

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dc.abstract.enThe diet composition and prey selection of grey wolves (Canis lupus) inhabiting the Roztocze and Solska Forest (south-east Poland) was studied based on an analysis of scats collected in 2001-2002 (n = 84) and 2017-2020 (n = 302). In both periods, wolves preyed mainly on wild ungulates (96.5-96.7% of consumed biomass). Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) was the most critical wolf prey accounting for 57.8% of consumed biomass in 2001-2002 and 49.2% and 2017-2020, but wolves positively select only wild boar (Jacob's selectivity index D = 0.213 in 2001-2002 and 0.710 in 2017-2020) and fallow deer (D = 0.588 only in 2017-2020). The largest species – moose Alces alces and red deer Cervus elaphus – were consumed less than expected from their share in the ungulate community. Predation on medium-sized wild mammals and domestic animals was low, 0.8-2.2% and 1.1-2.7% of the biomass consumed, respectively. The breadth of the wolf diet was very narrow and identical in both study periods (B = 1.07), while the similarity of diet composition was high (α = 0.999). This study indicated the stability of the wolf diet over two decades and the importance of wild boar as a food source for this carnivore.
dc.affiliationUniwersytet Warszawski
dc.contributor.authorPierużek-Nowak, Sabina
dc.contributor.authorMysłajek, Robert
dc.contributor.authorTołkacz, Katarzyna
dc.contributor.authorStępniak, Kinga M.
dc.contributor.authorKwiatkowska, Iga
dc.contributor.authorKorga, Michał
dc.contributor.authorStefański, Robert
dc.contributor.authorNędzyńska-Stygar, Monika
dc.contributor.authorFigura, Michał
dc.contributor.authorStachyra, Przemysław
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-24T21:48:32Z
dc.date.available2024-01-24T21:48:32Z
dc.date.copyright2022-10-03
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.accesstimeAT_PUBLICATION
dc.description.financeNie dotyczy
dc.description.numberbrak
dc.description.versionFINAL_PUBLISHED
dc.description.volume71
dc.identifier.doi10.25225/JVB.22040
dc.identifier.issn2694-7684
dc.identifier.urihttps://repozytorium.uw.edu.pl//handle/item/104824
dc.identifier.weblinkhttp://dx.doi.org/10.25225/jvb.22040
dc.languageeng
dc.pbn.affiliationbiological sciences
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Vertebrate Biology
dc.relation.pages22040
dc.rightsCC-BY
dc.sciencecloudnosend
dc.subject.endiet composition
dc.subject.enfood habits
dc.subject.enprey selection
dc.titleDiet of the grey wolf Canis lupus in Roztocze and Solska Forest, south-east Poland
dc.typeJournalArticle
dspace.entity.typePublication