Influence of Group Size on the Success of Wolves Hunting Bison

作者: Daniel R. MacNulty , Aimee Tallian , Daniel R. Stahler , Douglas W. Smith

DOI: 10.1371/JOURNAL.PONE.0112884

关键词: Bison bisonPrey captureGeographyCervus elaphusPredationEcologyPredatorCanisForagingSocial foragingGeneral Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyGeneral Agricultural and Biological SciencesGeneral Medicine

摘要: An intriguing aspect of social foraging behaviour is that large groups are often no better at capturing prey than are small groups, a pattern that has been attributed to diminished …

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