How did predation affect the number of starving deer in Yellowstone? Use data from Data Table 1, your graph on the wolf population, and deer population, over time and the vocabulary terms prey predator predation balance ecosystem overpopulation and vegetation in your response.
How did predation affect the number of starving deer in Yellowstone? Use data from Data Table 1, your graph on the wolf population, and deer population, over time and the vocabulary terms prey predator predation balance ecosystem overpopulation and vegetation in your response.
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How did predation affect the number of starving deer in Yellowstone? Use data from Data Table 1, your graph on the wolf population, and deer population, over time and the vocabulary terms prey predator predation balance ecosystem overpopulation and vegetation in your response.
Transcribed Image Text:Year
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
DATA TABLE 1:
2003
2004
2005
2006
Wolf
Population
10
12
16
22
28
24
21
18
19
19
Deer
Population
2,000
2,300
2,500
2,360
2,224
2,094
1,968
1,916
1,952
1,972
Deer Offspring
(# of new deer born
that year)
800
920
1,000
944
996
836
788
766
780
790
# of deers dying due # of deers dying due
to Predation
to Starvation
400
480
640
880
1,120
960
840
720
760
760
100
240
500
180
26
2
0
Graph the Wolf Population, and Deer Population, over time on graph paper.
0
0
0
Overall Deer
Population Change
+300
+200
-140
-116
-150
-126
-52
+46
+20
+30
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