Thursday, May 09, 2013

This seems odd: With alleged warm weather allegedly causing the Minnesota moose population to plummet, we're also told that on an island 18 miles away, the moose threaten to "become overabundant and decimate plants and trees"

Save the Wolves of Isle Royale National Park - NYTimes.com
[John Vucetich and others] The future health of Isle Royale will be judged against one of the most important findings in conservation science: that a healthy ecosystem depends critically on the presence of top predators like wolves when large herbivores, like moose, are present. Without top predators, prey tend to become overabundant and decimate plants and trees that many species of birds, mammals and insects depend on.

March 2013: This seems odd: While CO2-induced warming has allegedly caused the Minnesota moose population to plummet since 2007, the moose population is up 143% since then on an island 18 miles away

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