Siberian musk deer in the diets of tiger and bears in the Sikhote-Alin


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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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I. V. Seryodkin

Pacific Institute of Geography, Far East Branch; Far Eastern Federal University

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Russian Federation, Vladivostok, 690041; Vladivostok, 690091

V. A. Zaitsev

Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution

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Russian Federation, Moscow, 119071

Yu. K. Petrunenko

Pacific Institute of Geography, Far East Branch

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Russian Federation, Vladivostok, 690041

D. A. Maksimova

Pacific Institute of Geography, Far East Branch

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Russian Federation, Vladivostok, 690041

D. G. Miquelle

Far Eastern Federal University; Wildlife Conservation Society

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Russian Federation, Vladivostok, 690091; Bronx, New York, 10260

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