American black bear predation of an adult white-tailed deer
@inproceedings{Svoboda2011AmericanBB, title={American black bear predation of an adult white-tailed deer}, author={Nathan J. Svoboda and J. Belant and D. Beyer and J. Duquette and Heather K. Stricker and Craig A. Albright}, year={2011} }
Abstract American black bears (Ursus americanus) are opportunistic omnivores and can be proficient predators of neonate ungulates, but predation of adult ungulates is rare. In November 2009 we investigated a probable black bear predation of a radiocollared, adult (7.5 years old) female white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in a densely vegetated, lowland conifer forest in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, USA. The deer carcass was 80% buried with puncture wounds and lacerations on the back… Expand
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