IMPACT OF WOLVES ON WHITE-TAILED DEER IN NORTH-CENTRAL MINNESOTA

摘要: Field studies conducted in northcentral Minnesota during 1980-1986 suggest that wolves {Cam's lupus) killed about 6% of the white-tailed deer {Odocoileus virgim'anus) population (including fawns). Given certain assumptions, simple equations can be used to estimate sustainable numbers deer, wolves, and hunter harvest an area.