Predation risk, elk, and aspen: comment

• Main Authors: Beschta, Robert L., Eisenberg, Cristina, Laundre, John W., Ripple, William J., Rooney, Thomas P.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: SelectedWorks 2015
• Subjects: Biological Sciences; Agriculture; Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Forest Sciences; Genetics and Genomics; Plant Sciences; Daly; Kay; Alces alces; Canis lupus
• Online Access: https://works.bepress.com/thomas_rooney/112

With the exception of humans, gray wolves (Canis lupus) are perhaps the most significant predator of cervids in the northern hemisphere, mainly due to the group-hunting, year-round activity, and widespread geographic distribution (Peterson et al. 2003). Thus, interactions between wolves and large he...