The Winter Diet of Wolves in Bieszczady Mountains

摘要: Thirty-one stomach of voles shot in Bieszczady Mountains were collected during two consecutive hunting seasons. Deer tissues amounted to over 55% and wild boar almost 11% stomachs content. It appears, that the carcasses domestic livestock used as a bait consist significant component diet winter (over 30% content). The authors estimated, food requirements an average wolf winter, could be covered by consuming red deer.