JWM: How managing moose can stop wolf control in caribou ranges
From The Wildlife Society:
To reduce the number of wolves that prey on threatened woodland caribou in British Columbia and Alberta, one strategy could be keeping down populations of their primary prey—moose.
“Wolves can recover [from population control] extremely quickly, within a couple of years,” said Michelle McLellan, a postdoctoral researcher with the University of British Columbia Okanagan. “So, if you have a large moose population, it results in a higher number of wolves killed during control efforts.”
