Greater Yellowstone elk suffer worse nutrition and lower birth rates due to wolves
Wednesday, July 15, 2009 - 16:21
in Health & Medicine
(PhysOrg.com) -- Wolves have caused elk in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem to change their behavior and foraging habits so much so that herds are having fewer calves, mainly due to changes in their nutrition, according to a study published this week by Montana State University researchers.