A seasonal pulse of ungulate neonates influences space use by carnivores in a multi-predator, multi-prey system
J. Ruprecht, T. D. Forrester, N. J. Jackson, D. A. Clark, M. J. Wisdom, M. M. Rowland, J. B. Smith, K. M. Stewart, T. Levi
The paper examines how carnivores respond to seasonal ungulate neonates, finding that some actively search for high-density prey while others rely on incidental encounters.
bioRxiv · Dec 16, 2021Ecology