Siberian musk deer in the diets of tiger and bears in the Sikhote-Alin |
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| Authors: | I. V. Seryodkin V. A. Zaitsev Yu. K. Petrunenko D. A. Maksimova D. G. Miquelle |
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| Affiliation: | 1.Pacific Institute of Geography, Far East Branch,Russian Academy of Sciences,Vladivostok,Russia;2.Far Eastern Federal University,Vladivostok,Russia;3.Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution,Russian Academy of Sciences,Moscow,Russia;4.Wildlife Conservation Society,Bronx,USA |
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| Abstract: | The role of the Siberian musk deer in the diets of the Amur tiger, brown bear, and Asian black bear has been studied in the Sikhote-Alin State Biosphere Reserve in 1992 to 2016. Information has been collected from 763 tiger feeding sites, and the contents of tiger feces have been analyzed. Radiotelemetry has been used to evaluate tiger–musk deer relationships. The musk deer accounted for 0.26% of all animal species found to be eaten by the tiger. Musk deer remains in feces of the tiger, brown bear, and Asian black bear occurred with frequencies of 1.3, 0.2, and 0.3%, respectively. A case of musk deer avoiding the presence of brown bear is described. |
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