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Q: What happens to the wolves as the moose population fluctuates?
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Why does wolf population on isle royale decline following a decline in the moose population?

The decline of moose population followed sooner or later by a decline in the wolves population because the is less for the wolves.


What happened to the number of wolves on isle royale between 1975 to 1985?

If there are less moose, then there will be less wolves because there isn't as much prey. If there are more moose, then there will be more wolves since there is an increase in prey.


What does the wolf population on isle royals decline following a decline in the moose population?

In the Great Lakes area, moose are often a large part of the diet of wolves. Therefore a decline in the wolf population would naturally follow the decline of the moose population on Isle Royale.


Why declining wolves affect on moose?

When the number of wolves decline the number of moose increase because wolves are the main eaters of moose


Should we intervene and import new wolves to help control the moose population or let the moose population grow until it exceeds its carrying capacity and suffers another population crash?

Let the population collapse. Importing new wolves only complicates the problem; what happens when the wolf population gets too big and then starts crashing? You cannot avoid some sort of population fall, so let nature take its own course. The moose will recover at some point, and then grow until it collapses again; it is how nature works.


How might disease in the wolf population one year affect the moose population the next year?

If there are less moose, then there will be less wolves because there isn't as much prey. If there are more moose, then there will be more wolves since there is an increase in prey.


How would it affect the food chain if moose went extinct?

If the moose were to be excint, the population of wolves would be excint, then what ever eats the wolves would start to lose its population. All of the high level consumers would decrease as the level below them became extinct.


Do moose attack wolves?

Yes, surprisingly, moose almost always beat wolves in a fight.


What will eat a moose?

Wolves or ticks will eat a moose.


What are moose eaten by?

wolves


What is the relationship between the moose and the wolves on Isle Royale?

The wolves and the moose on Isle Royale have a predator-prey relationship.


Can a bull moose kill a pack of wolves?

The question depends on the quantity and strength of the wolves, and the strength and health of the bull moose. Usually, a pack of wolves (5 or more wolves) would attack and kill a young moose or an injured moose that is too weak to fight any longer. Wolves always look for weak animals for them to kill, like an injured moose. Even if the wolves attack a healthy, strong moose, the wolves would win but they would get some members injured. Bull moose can sometimes drive off a pack of wolves if they are large and the wolves were not eager to fight down it. But bull moose can also kill or fend off a pack of wolves if they were strong and healthy enough to do so. Bull moose are pretty aggressive and powerful enough to kill grizzly bears or brown bears, which makes them quite dangerous enough to fight off a pack of wolves. Ten or eleven strong wolves are enough to bring down a healthy, strong rutting bull moose if they avoid the moose's hooves/antlers, and gave painful bites to the hamstrings.