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closeWolves in the Natural Setting and Deprodation
Posted by BioBellweather on 27 Apr 2021 at 16:21 GMT
To understand the correlation between wolves and prey in the wild, one only needs to look to the data from the ongoing Isle Royale population study. This data spans from the 1950's to the present day in a relatively controlled environment of the island which has wolves and moose, and no other large prey species. This data clearly demonstrates that when wolf populations decline, moose populations increase, and that the opposite is demonstrated as well. Additionally, in the states that are mentioned in Wielgus and Peebles (2014), wolf depredations are down since wolf culling has commenced in those states. So I am not at all surprised by the results of this re-analysis of the Wielgus data.
RE: Wolves in the Natural Setting and Deprodation
BioBellweather replied to BioBellweather on 27 Apr 2021 at 16:23 GMT
Sorry for the type-o in the title. Obviously meant "Depredation"