The ten-year cycles of the populations of the snowshoe hare and Canada lynx were first recorded from fur returns of Hudson's Bay Company traders in the late 1800s. The cycles revolve around the lynx's preference for hares over other animals as a food source. This predator-prey relationship is again being studied by the Northwest Territories Department of Renewable Resources, in an area known as the Mackenzie Bison Sanctuary. 1991 1992 N = 19 100 100 km N = 3 100 kam 100 km Legend:a =I Lynx la. Calculate the density of the lynx population in 1991 and 1992. Show your work. 1b. Calculate the per capita growth rate for the lynx population from 1991 to 1992. Show your work.

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The ten-year cycles of the populations of the snowshoe hare and Canada lynx were
first recorded from fur returns of Hudson's Bay Company traders in the late 1800s.
The cycles revolve around the lynx's preference for hares over other animals as a
food source. This predator-prey relationship is again being studied by the
Northwest Territories Department of Renewable Resources, in an area known as the
Mackenzie Bison Sanctuary.
1991
1992
N = 19
100
kam
100 km
N = 3
100 km
100 km
Legend:a=I Lynx
1a. Calculate the density of the lynx population in 1991 and 1992. Show your
work.
1b. Calculate the per capita growth rate for the lynx population from 1991 to 1992.
Show your work.
Transcribed Image Text:The ten-year cycles of the populations of the snowshoe hare and Canada lynx were first recorded from fur returns of Hudson's Bay Company traders in the late 1800s. The cycles revolve around the lynx's preference for hares over other animals as a food source. This predator-prey relationship is again being studied by the Northwest Territories Department of Renewable Resources, in an area known as the Mackenzie Bison Sanctuary. 1991 1992 N = 19 100 kam 100 km N = 3 100 km 100 km Legend:a=I Lynx 1a. Calculate the density of the lynx population in 1991 and 1992. Show your work. 1b. Calculate the per capita growth rate for the lynx population from 1991 to 1992. Show your work.
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