Site and seasonal variations in food of wolves, Algonquin Park, Ontario

Abstract

Wolf (Canis lupus) scats collected in Algonquin Provincial Park during the summer in 1971 and 194 demonstratedt hat food items in scats at rendezvous sites different from those in scats elsewehre. Beaver (Castor canadensis) was more common in the former. Sinc eall five rendezvous sites were adjacent to active beaver colonies, it is apparent that local food resources were being exploited. White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) was more common away from rendezvous sites. Winter scats differed from those of summer by having a greater percentage of deer hair and less of beaver.