Influence of harvest, climate and wolf predation on Yellowstone elk, 1961‐2004

By J. Vucetich, Douglas W. Smith, D. Stahler. 2005

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Subfields: Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Can we save large carnivores without losing large carnivore science (2017, methodology): “…to Yellowstone National Park are often given as a clear example of the beneficial effects of restoring large carnivores to ecosystems (Table 2), but there are alternative hypotheses to explain many of the observed changes (Vucetich et al., 2005; Marshall et al., 2013; Middleton et al., 2013b).”
Challenges and science-based implications for modern management and conservation of European ungulate populations (2017, background): “Populations of ungulates under natural predation pressure in concert with a hunting harvest may decline, as most ungulates (with the notable exception of wild boar) cannot compensate for such additive mortality by increased fecundity or reduced age at first reproduction (Vucetich et al. 2005).”
Empirical Evidence of Density- Dependence in Populations of Large Herbivores (2009, background): “In red deer (Bonenfant et al., 2002; Mysterud et al., 2002b), moose (Solberg et al., 2004; Vucetich et al., 2005) and roe deer (Pettorelli et al., 2002), adult males born at high density are lighter than those born at low density.”
Demographic Response of Mule Deer to Experimental Reduction of Coyotes and Mountain Lions in Southeastern Idaho (2011, background): “Predation can affect a prey population only if it is at least partially additive to mortality from other causes, which seems to occur for many ungulates (Keith 1974, 1983; Caughley 1976, 1981; Vucetich et al. 2005).”
Conservation Challenges of Predator Recovery (2016, background): “The number of elk killed by wolves exceeded that taken by hunters in 2005, and by 2012 when elk numbers declined to <4,000 animals, recreational hunts were eliminated (Vucetich et al. 2005; Varley & Boyce 2006).”
Linking wolves to willows via risk-sensitive foraging by ungulates in the northern Yellowstone ecosystem (2006, background): “From 1998 to 2002, the number of elk in the northern winter range averaged 12,700 or about 8‐9 elk/ km2 ( Vucetich et al., 2005; White and Garrott, 2005).”