TY - JOUR AU - Forbes, Graham J. AU - Theberge, John B. PY - 1992/01/01 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - IMPORTANCE OF SCAVENGING ON MOOSE BY WOLVES IN ALGONQUIN PARK, ONTARIO JF - Alces: A Journal Devoted to the Biology and Management of Moose JA - Alces VL - 28 IS - SE - Articles DO - UR - https://alcesjournal.org/index.php/alces/article/view/1075 SP - 235-241 AB - <p>This paper addresses the importance of winter scavenging on moose (<em>Alces alces</em>) by gray wolves (<em>Canis lupus</em>) in Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario. A high incidence (83%, n=30) of scavenging on moose was recorded in mid to late winter in 1987-1992. Moose fed on by radio-collared wolf packs and winter wolf food habits (n=892 scats) are related to sources of non-predatory mortality in the Park, namely winter tick (<em>Dermacentor albipictus</em>), train kills, and human hunting. Food habits of wolves imply that seasonal scavenging on tick-related moose carcasses is important to this wolf population during periods of tick infestation.</p><p>The role of scavenging is discussed in the context of a relatively small-sized predator (the Algonquin type of <em>Canis lupus lycaon</em>) limited to a large-sized prey species, the moose. Incidences of wolf scavenging in other studies are also presented.</p> ER -