Death from anthropogenic causes is partially compensatory in recovering wolf populations.

By Dennis Murray, Douglas W. Smith, E. Bangs, Curt M. Mack, John K. Oakleaf, J. Fontaine, D. Boyd, Michael D. Jiminez, C. Niemeyer, T. Meier and 3 more. 2010

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Relative influence of human harvest, carnivores, and weather on adult female elk survival across western North America (2013, methodology): “…by corrected slopes of negative one and zero, respectively, with slopes between these values indicating partial additivity (Williams, Nichols & Conroy 2002; Murray et al. 2010); we examined linear models of additivity and compensation rather than threshold models as per Schaub & Lebreton (2004).”
The self-domestication hypothesis: evolution of bonobo psychology is due to selection against aggression (2012, background): “Individuals avoid buffer zones, and lethal intergroup encounters have been recorded frequently (percentage of adult mortality due to intraspecific killing: 39e65% in Denali, AK, U.S.A.: Mech 1994; Mech et al. 1998; 5.4% in Yellowstone, WY, U.S.A.: Murray et al. 2010).”
Managing wolves (Canis lupus) to recover threatened woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) in Alberta (2014, background): “Previous studies demonstrate that wolf populations can absorb mortality of 50% or greater and quickly rebound when population reduction programs end (Fuller et al. 2003; Murray et al. 2010; Webb et al. 2011).”