Questions: 1. What impact did the wolves have on the deer population when they were brought to the island? 2. What other impact could the wolves have had on the island?
Questions: 1. What impact did the wolves have on the deer population when they were brought to the island? 2. What other impact could the wolves have had on the island?
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Transcribed Image Text:Graph 1:
(The green shows the deer population and the blue lone shows the wolf population)
Graph: Deer vs, Wolf
Deer and Wolf
Population Size
2500
2400
30
28
2300
26
2200
2100
18
2000
L14
12
1900
10
1971
1972
1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980
Questions:
1. What impact did the wolves have on the deer population when they were brought to the island?
2. What other impact could the wolves have had on the island?
Number of Wolves
Number of Deer

Transcribed Image Text:Deer Population Change Lab- DL
Question: What effect does the wolf population have on the deer population?
Introduction: In 1970 the deer population of an island forest reserve about 518
square kilometers in size was about 2000 animals. Although the island had
excellent vegetation for feeding, the food supply obviously had limits. Thus the
forest management personnel feared that overgrazing might lead to mass
starvation. Since the area was too remote for hunters, the wildlife service
decided to bring in natural predators to control the deer population. It was
hoped that natural predation would keep the deer population from becoming
too large and also increase the deer quality (or health), as predators often eliminate the weaker
members of the herd. In 1971, ten wolves were flown into the island.
The results of this program are shown in the following table. The Population Change is the number of
deer born minus the number of deer that died during that year.
Table 1:
Wolf
Population
Deer Population
Change
Deer
Population
2,000
2,300
2,500
Year
Deer Offspring
Predation Starvation
1971
10
800
400
100
+300
1972
12
920
480
240
+200
1973
16
1,000
640
500
-140
2,360
2,224
2,094
1974
22
944
880
180
-116
1975
28
996
1,120
26
-150
1976
24
836
960
2
-126
1,968
1,916
1977
21
788
840
-52
1978
18
766
720
10
+46
19
1,952
1,972
1979
780
760
+20
1980
19
790
760
+30
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