University of Michigan: A Healthy But Depleted Herd: Predators Decrease Prey Disease Levels But Also Population Size
April 27, 2023
April 27, 2023
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, April 27 (TNSjou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release:
Nature documentaries will tell you that lions, cheetahs, wolves and other top predators target the weakest or slowest animals and that this culling benefits prey herds, whether it's antelope in Africa or elk in Wyoming.
This idea has been widely accepted by biologists for many years and was formalized in 2003 as the healthy herds hypothesis. It proposes that pred . . .
Nature documentaries will tell you that lions, cheetahs, wolves and other top predators target the weakest or slowest animals and that this culling benefits prey herds, whether it's antelope in Africa or elk in Wyoming.
This idea has been widely accepted by biologists for many years and was formalized in 2003 as the healthy herds hypothesis. It proposes that pred . . .