Changes to Cougar Diets and Behaviors Reduce Their Competition with Wolves in Yellowstone, Study Finds
Study shows cougars shift diet to smaller prey and alter behavior to reduce conflict with wolves that steal their kills, based on nearly 4,000 kill site analyses.
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In the competitive struggle between two top predators in Yellowstone National Park, the cougar was often robbed by the dominant wolf. Now that it eats deer more often, the theft is less common.
Changes to cougar diets and behaviors reduce their competition with wolves in Yellowstone, study finds
A new study shows that interactions between wolves and cougars in Yellowstone National Park are driven by wolves stealing prey killed by cougars and that shifts in cougar diets to smaller prey help them avoid wolf encounters. The study, published at a time of growing overlap between cougar and wolf habitats in the western United States, found wolves occasionally killed cougars, but cougars did not kill wolves.
Environmental News Network - Changes to Cougar Diets and Behaviors Reduce Their Competition with Wolves in Yellowstone, Study Finds
A new study shows that interactions between wolves and cougars in Yellowstone National Park are driven by wolves stealing prey killed by cougars and that shifts in cougar diets to smaller prey help them avoid wolf encounters.
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