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Access Type
Open Access Thesis
Document Type
thesis
Degree Program
Environmental Conservation
Degree Type
Master of Science (M.S.)
Year Degree Awarded
2016
Month Degree Awarded
May
Abstract
Using specially trained scat detection dogs we located fecal samples from black bear (Ursus americanus) and coyote (Canis latrans) throughout three study areas in Newfoundland, Canada, to describe these predators diet. Our sampling efforts were designed around seasons which were important to woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) calving and resource use. We identified hairs microscopically to prey species and grouped other remains to facilitate our analysis. Bear exhibited an omnivorous diet throughout the study areas, ecological seasons and inside and outside the caribou calving grounds while coyote were limited to caribou, moose and snowshoe hare.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.7275/8438829
First Advisor
Todd K Fuller
Second Advisor
John F Organ
Third Advisor
Stephen DeStefano
Recommended Citation
Zieminski, Chris, "Trophic Relationships Among Caribou Calf Predators in Newfoundland" (2016). Masters Theses. 388.
https://doi.org/10.7275/8438829
https://scholarworks.umass.edu/masters_theses_2/388