Posts Tagged: elk

Evaluating carnivore harvest as a tool for increasing elk calf survival and recruitment
August 29, 2021
Elk (Cervus canadensis) are an iconic species throughout the western United States and play a large role across ecological (Kauffman et al. 2010), social (Haggerty and Travis 2006) and economic (US Department of the Interior et al. 2014) landscapes. However, … read more
Posted in Predator/Prey Relationships | Tagged carnivore, Cervus canadensis, elk

Wolves, trophic cascades, and rivers in the Olympic National Park, USA
October 27, 2020
Gray wolves (Canis lupus) were extirpated in the early 1900s from the Olympic Peninsula of northwestern Washington. Thus, we studied potential cascading effects of wolf removal by undertaking a retrospective study of Roosevelt elk (Cervus elaphus) populations, riparian forests, and … read more
Posted in Trophic Cascade | Tagged channel morphology, elk, riparian plant communities, trophic cascades, wolves