Case Study - Limiting Factors	Name_________
schmied/reid©2009	Isle Royale	Period___
all rights reserved	A classic Predator vs Prey study	Student #___

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Case Study Limiting Factors - Abundance of Predators & Prey

Links:

a. Background

b. The food web

c. Data Table: Moose vs Wolf abundance

Write complete sentence answers as we go over the material.

1. Where is Isle Royale?

2. Show the Isle Royale food chain vs the Yellowstone food chain.

3. How did Moose get to Isle Royale?

4. Tell the average Moose Population.

5. What is the moose max age / average age?

6. How much and what type of food do the Moose eat ?

7. How did wolves get to Isle Royale?

8. How many Wolves and packs are there on average?

9. What is the Wolf's Maximum age and average age?

10. When were the peaks in Moose population?

a.	b.	c.

11. When were the peaks in Wolf population?

a.	b.	c.	d.

12. As the moose population rises, what does the wolf population do?

13. As the wolf population rises, what do the moose, then the wolf populations do?

14. Summarize the data from this Case Study

a.	b.	c.

 

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