Isle Royale SimBio lab model:
You have accepted a position with the U.S. Fish and WildlifeService. You are asked to advise the U.S. Park Service on likelyfuture population fluctuations in wolf and moose populations onIsle Royale. National Park Service policy is not to intervene innatural ecological processes unless absolutely necessary.
a) Based on your understanding of current ecological concepts,especially the importance of numerical and functional responses ofwolves and moose (Krebs, pages 222-223) as well as both direct andindirect species interactions, list three alternatives for the ParkService regarding how to manage the predator population that iscurrently threatened by local extinction on Isle Royale. Whatsources did you use in developing your alternative suggestions?
b) Explain which of the three alternatives you would select ifyou were the Park Superintendent.
