Sentence examples for declining elk population from inspiring English sources

Researchers feared that the reintroduction of wolves to the area more than a decade ago was stressing out pregnant mothers, causing them to lose their babies and contributing to a declining elk population.

Climate change is also a major factor in declining elk populations.

Q. Hunters complain that the Yellowstone wolves are causing the elk population to decline.

In a study this week in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, researchers report that their simulations of elk demographics indicate that the grizzlies' dietary switch is a surprising factor in the park's elk population decline.

"Our elk population is showing decline, and we're concerned about those declines," said Terry Cleveland, director of the Wyoming Game and Fish Department.

"But given the elk population, we have to have them".

The elk population, in particular, is huge at Rocky Mountain.

Elk use of cattle summer pastures was assessed using ecological data (187 VHF and 25 GPS collared elk monitored over four years representing 8% of the elk population).

In Yellowstone, the extermination of wolves caused the elk population to explode.

Computer modeling has suggested that wolves might reduce the elk population by as much as 30percentt.

Yellowstone's elk population has fallen from about 20,000 before the wolves arrived to 5,000 now.