Does Wolf Predation alone limit the moose population in Pukaskwa Park?: A Comment
Thompson ID and Peterson RO. 1988. Does Wolf Predation alone limit the moose population in Pukaskwa Park?: A Comment. The Journal of Wildlife Management. 52(3):556-559
The authors re-evaluated information presented in Bergerud et al. (1983) and suggest that no firm conclusions can be drawn with respect to factors limiting moose populations at Pukaskwa National Park, Ontario, and that predation by wolves alone does not limit moose at Isle Royale, Michigan. They comment on 3 aspects of the 1983 paper: methods, other limiting factors, and their model. Three alternative hypotheses are presented based on the author's discussion of effects of weather, food, cohort vulnerability, and other sources of mortality.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Thompson, I; Peterson, R
- Units
- ISRO
- Keywords
- Animal Studies, Gray Wolf (Canis lupus), Moose (Alces alces)