Dominance of a Natural Water Source by Feral Horses
| Autor: | Paul Morey, Neil D. Perry, George San Miguel |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
| Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
biology National park 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology Natural water Zoology Interspecific competition biology.organism_classification 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Equus Animal science Geography Dominance (ecology) Cervus elaphus Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics |
| Zdroj: | The Southwestern Naturalist. 60:390-393 |
| ISSN: | 1943-6262 0038-4909 |
| DOI: | 10.1894/0038-4909-60.4.390 |
| Popis: | We used a motion-triggered camera to document and qualify the nature of interspecific interactions between elk (Cervus elaphus) and feral horses (Equus caballus) at an isolated, natural water source in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado. The camera was active for at least 110 of 145 potential trap-nights between 24 April 2012 and 16 September 2012. Elk and horse interactions were observed 51 times, and elk were averted from accessing water 42 times (82%). Feral horses exhibited dominant behavior over native elk during the driest time of the year (May–June), often preventing acquisition of water by elk. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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