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Winter Food Habits of Ravens on the Arctic Slope of Alaska
Author(s) -
Stanley A. Temple
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
arctic
Language(s) - French
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.503
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1923-1245
pISSN - 0004-0843
DOI - 10.14430/arctic2851
Subject(s) - lagopus , tundra , predation , arctic , ecology , abundance (ecology) , habitat , carrion , the arctic , geography , arctic char , environmental science , fishery , biology , salvelinus , oceanography , fish <actinopterygii> , geology , trout
Analysis of 684 pellets from a winter roost of ravens (Corvus coraw) at Umiat, Alaska, indicated that during the winters of 1966 and 1967 ravens obtained half of their energy income through predation and half through scavenging. Micro- tine rodents provided the bulk of the predatory half of the raven's diet, whereas carcasses of caribou (Rangifer arcticus) and ptarmigan (Lagopus spp.) were the items most often scavenged. The relative abundance of prey species in pellets suggests that ravens spent most of their time hunting in upland habitats on the tundra. lUbUM6. Habitudes alimentaires hivernales des corbeaux sur le versant arctique de l'Alaska. L'analyse de 684 boulettes d'un perchoir de corbeaux (Corvus corar) à Umiat, Alaska, indique qu'au cours des hivers de 1966 et 1967, les corbeaux obte- naient la moitié de leur énergie par la prédation et la moitié par la vidange. Les petits rongeurs fournissaient le gros de la moitié "prédatoire" du régime du corbeau alors que les carcasses de caribous (Rangifer arcfieus) et de lagopèdes (Lagopus spp.) étaient les éléments les plus souvent vidangés. L'abondance relative des différentes esphces de proies dans les boulettes suggère que les corbeaux passent la plus grande partie de leur temps de chasse dans des habitats de hautes-terres sur la toundra. PE3IOME. UN MUÜ patpon numanus eopom Apxmuuecxozo CxJcona AJZR~. corax) B pafioae YmaTa (AnncKa), no~asan, TO SUMOB 1966 H 1967 m. IIOJIOBHW a nonoBaHy - sa cqëT nOTpe6JIeHMn nagana. OcHoman qacm sa~~ero parnona BOPOHOB, nocTaBJrneMarr OXOTO~~, 6mra npencTaBneHa Memm rpb13y~am (mamaw), Torna xaK IICTOPHUKOM BTOPO~I IIOJIOB~HEI BTOM paqaom Yaqe Bcero BUJI~ TpynhI ~apa6y (Rangifer arcticus) a 6mm KyponaToK (Lagopus sp.). OTHocnTenhrxo 6onbmoe conepmaHne II~OAYTCTOB OXOTU B nora,qmx noaBonneT rrpennoaaraTh, YTO 60n~myro PacTb woem BpeMeHa Bopom1 II~OBO~MJM B oxoTe Amms 684 noranOK, c06pambnr Ha 3meM MeCTOO6HTaHEïH BOpOHOB (COWUS CBO& nOTpe6HOCTH B 3HeplXII aTEI IITMqhI IIOKPHBWIEI 88 CdT IIpOAyKTOB OXOTH,

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