A vote for conservation...

[Andrew Hobbs <>]

Well one of the first questions I would ask about that study is whether 
the supposed risk of wolf attack actually does change the behaviour and 
distribution of Elk. If it doesn't then their results are meaningless.
Andrew Hobbs



On 6/04/2014 8:20 AM, Peter Shute wrote:
>  From that article:
> "When Kauffman and his colleagues studied aspen in areas where risk of attack by wolves was 
> high or low, they obtained results different from Ripple’s. Rather than look at the five 
> tallest aspen in each stand, as Ripple had done, they tallied the average tree height and used 
> locations of elk kills to map the risk of wolf attacks. By these measures, they found no 
> differences between trees in high- and low-risk areas."
>
> So some people are getting excited about tree regrowth that might be attributed 
> to the presence of wolves, but others are arguing about whether there's been 
> any regrowth at all.
>
> Anyone else confused?
>
> Peter Shut
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 4 Apr 2014, at 3:51 pm, "Ross Macfarlane" 
> <<>> wrote:
>
> It's a fascinating narrative, but like most things maybe not as simple as it
> sounds -
> http://www.nature.com/news/rethinking-predators-legend-of-the-wolf-1.14841
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Clive Nealon
> Sent: Friday, April 04, 2014 11:19 AM
> To: Birding-Aus
> Subject: [Birding-Aus] A vote for conservation...
>
> A really interesting short clip on the benefits of wolves in Yellowstone N
> P.
> Perhaps a lesson that would translate to other areas...
> http://devour.com/video/how-wolves-change-rivers/
>
> Clive.
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