Researcher paints broad picture of wolf-prey interactions with Jackson Hole study
From The Spokesman-Review:
BILLINGS – Since wolves were reintroduced into Yellowstone National Park in 1995, Kristin Barker jokingly estimated there have been “12.75 bajillion studies” conducted to answer: How a recovering population of predators would affect their prey populations as well as other aspects of the ecosystem?
“So after several decades of good, concerted study, what have we learned?” she asked a crowd gathered at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody, Wyoming, on Thursday.
Barker is the research coordinator for the Beyond Yellowstone Program, a new group supporting local conservation efforts with best available science. Her presentation was based on her most recent research into wolf avoidance of humans using collared wolves and cow elk in the Jackson Hole area.
