MODELLED IMPACTS OF WOLF AND BEAR PREDATION ON MOOSE CALF SURVIVAL

Authors

  • Warren B. Ballard

Abstract

A deterministic moose population model was used to examine an alternative hypothesis of why moose calf survival did not increase following a 36% reduction in grizzly bear density. Modeling suggested that predation by an increasing wolf population could have accounted for the lack of improvement in moose calf survival. Modeling suggested, that at the observed predator-prey densities and rates of predation, manipulation of bear densities was unnecessary to allow the moose population to increase.

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1992-01-01

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Ballard, W. B. (1992). MODELLED IMPACTS OF WOLF AND BEAR PREDATION ON MOOSE CALF SURVIVAL. Alces, 28, 79–88. Retrieved from https://alcesjournal.org/index.php/alces/article/view/1049

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Vol. 28 (1992): Alces Vol. 28 (1992)

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