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by Sunsilver on 02 March 2014 - 19:03
What a beautiful demonstration of ecology in action! If I were still teaching biology, this link would be required viewing for all of my students! 
Deer populations have grown to the point where they are pests in many parts ot the States. I wonder if we'd see a marked decrease in the number of Lyme disease cases if wolves were reintroduced elsewhere... Yeah, yeah, dream on!
http://www.coolestone.com/media/8021/How-Wolves-Change-Rivers---For-The-Better/#.UxN9acGEg0X
Deer populations have grown to the point where they are pests in many parts ot the States. I wonder if we'd see a marked decrease in the number of Lyme disease cases if wolves were reintroduced elsewhere... Yeah, yeah, dream on!
http://www.coolestone.com/media/8021/How-Wolves-Change-Rivers---For-The-Better/#.UxN9acGEg0X
by beetree on 02 March 2014 - 19:03
We don't need the wolves, in New England. Our coyotes are already the size of German Shepherds, as they carry wolf DNA, too. And you can't focus on the white tail deer without mentioning the other vector of the lyme disease bearing tick. One would have to eliminate white footed mice, too. Think of the ecological upset that would be.
by Sunsilver on 02 March 2014 - 19:03
I didn't know the mouse served as a vector! I thought that was just hanta virus! 
Wolves eat mice, you know! They are a favourite snack for wolves, foxes and coyotes, so maybe it would have an impact.
Anyone who understands how ecology works won't be surprised that the coyote seems to be taking over the wolves' niche in the ecosystem! Nature hates a vaccum!
Wolves eat mice, you know! They are a favourite snack for wolves, foxes and coyotes, so maybe it would have an impact.
Anyone who understands how ecology works won't be surprised that the coyote seems to be taking over the wolves' niche in the ecosystem! Nature hates a vaccum!
by EuroShepherd on 02 March 2014 - 20:03
that video was amazing, incredibly beautiful, I had no idea...very enlightening
by Nans gsd on 02 March 2014 - 21:03
Incredible; thx for sharing the video. Nan
by Kalibeck on 03 March 2014 - 00:03
That was very cool, thanks!
by howlk9 on 03 March 2014 - 17:03
Very interesting. Thanks for posting, Sunsilver.
by susie on 03 March 2014 - 17:03
More than interesting, thanks - but they didn´t spin the thought to the end.
The deer, dispaced from the wolves ( they said only a few are killed by the wolves ) still has to eat.
That said, the deer will eat somewhere else... very interesting!
The deer, dispaced from the wolves ( they said only a few are killed by the wolves ) still has to eat.
That said, the deer will eat somewhere else... very interesting!
by rtdmmcintyre on 03 March 2014 - 22:03
I remember how this was discussed some time back and the difference it made with the deer was that they kept the deer population moving so that they didn't just say in one area and graze it clean before they moved on. The study of the wolves in yellow stone actually began because they noticed the erosion along the rivers had increased as well as there were no young aspen or poplar trees. with the reintroduction of the wolves the cat tails along the rivers started growing again which started rather quickly slowing down erosion. and the wolves moving the deer not all the young aspen and poplar weren't all being eaten.
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