...Name __________________ APES Isle Royale Population Study Background: Isle Royale is a small island (45 miles long by 9 miles wide) located in Lake Superior. In roughly 1949, due to a thick ice pack on Lake Superior, timber wolves crossed the ice pack and began to live on Isle Royale. In 1958, one of the longest wolf/moose interaction studies began. Far more information can be found at: www.isleroyalewolf.org or www.wolf.org . Isle Royale is one of the locations for the W-SR Wilderness Studies summer trip. Procedure: You will use the population data to graph the interaction between wolf populations and moose populations at Isle Royale. Put both these lines on the same graph; use a different color for wolves and moose. Make sure to note the y-axis location for each!! Data: Year Wolves Moose |1968 |22 |1042 | |1969 |17 |1268 | |1970 |18 |1295 | |1971 |20 |1439 | |1972 |23 |1493 | |1973 |24 |1435 | |1974 |31 |1467 | |1975 |41 |1355 | |1976 |44 |1282 | |1977 |34 |1143 | |1978 |40 |1001 | |1979 |43 |1028 | |1980 |50 |910 | |1981 |30 |863 | |1982 |14 ...
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...The texts " A Howling Success" by Gerry Bishop and " The Missing Lynx" by Kathy Kranking have many similarities and differences about how endangered animals can be helped. One of the biggest similarities is that in both texts, the endangered animals were helped by scientist capturing them and releasing them in another space (the "rabbitats" and Yellowstone National Park.) Another similarity is that people were the main cause that wolves and Liberian lynxes were endangered. The people hunted the rabbits and killed the wolves; both texts give a message that: if you want less animals to be endangered, stop killing their prey or them. Also,another similarity is that the main helpers of the wolves and Liberian lynxes are the scientists. There were...
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...Exercise 1: The Moose Arrive In exercise one we simulated the arrival of a small group of moose that swam to Isle Royal. The simulation ran over time so that the moose can form a large population on the island. We studied this population of moose before the wolves’ arrival. The simulation ran for 50 years. After the 50 years simulation was complete the data was collected and analyzed. Answers to Questions: 5.1 ANS: The approximate size of the moose population is 600. 5.2 ANS: The Approximate maximum population size the moose obtained was 930. 5.3 ANS: Simulated Graph: [pic] 5.4 ANS: The exponential growth is approximately from 0 years to 20 years circles in pink. 5.5 ANS: The moose population grew fastest smallest. 5.6 ANS: The carrying capacity is approximately 600. It is labeled in a red K on the graph. 6.1 dN = rmax N (K-N) dt K ANS: “dN/dt” in the equation above is a differential calculating notation that represents instantaneous change in population size (N) over time (t). 6.2 ANS: When the population size (N) approaches the carry capacity (K) and N=K then the equation is rewritten as such: dN = rmax K (K-K) dt K 6.3 ANS: Therefore when (N=K) then dN/dt = 0. When dN/dt = 0 then the population stops growing at its maxima per capita rate and stops growing. 7.1 ANS: [pic][pic] Workbook Graph Simulated Graph 7.2 ANS:...
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...Dances with Wolves Dances with wolves is a movie based upon John J. Dunbar’s experience going back to an old fort and along the way he met indians and learned their ways of living. Also he met a white women that was taken in by the indians and John married her. John created a strong relationship with the indians. He taught them his language and they taught him theirs. As for the name of the film, the indians gave John the name dances with the wolves. This was brought up from a wolf following John around during the movie and was loyal to him. John lived with the indians in their forts for many months. John went back to his fort and when he got there he saw that American soldiers had set up there and attacked John when he arrived. They interrogated him and were going to put him to death. Just in time the indians saved John and he safely got home. John and his wife left and as the movie was ending they closed with the American soldiers finding the indian troops and were said to have destroyed all their forts and wiped out the indian population. This movie focused on seeing indians from a different perspective and not just savages. Though this movie was one of the top movies on the board when it first came out, the historical facts aren’t very accurate. To start off the American soldiers did murder lots of indians but they didn’t completely wipe out their population, there are still indians alive today. Also when John found the women she just became widowed and it is a ritual...
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...The Lynx Became Broken! Deep in the jungle lives a gentle lynx named Landon with fur as white as sugar. His pack typically considers him an oddity since he wears an orange shirt made by humans, walks on two legs, and speaks English. Unlike the others in the pack, Landon refuses to eat other animals and instead eats fruit. Late at night, the leader of the pack decided to banish Landon from the pack because of perplexing preferences towards life. Landon must now trek to find a new home. His first stop as new home happens to be N. Sanity Island, the home of Crash Bandicoot. Crash Bandicoot demonstrates everything beautiful, sharp, and insane. N. Sanity Island contains lush vegetation such as the Wumpa fruit with its juicy center and crunchy outside. The Wumpa Fruit contains very similar DNA to the DNA of apples. The inhabitants of the island include Papu Papu, the leader of the island tribe; Ripper Roo, who got transformed mentally insane kangaroo; and Dr. Neo Cortex, the evil scientist who experiments animals with his Evolvo-Ray. Landon ran briskly towards Crash’s House and knocked on the door with an impatient beat. Crash greeted Landon into his humble home. Landon slurped the delicious Wumpa Smoothie made by Crash. “Crash, may I stay with you in your humble home?” requested Landon. “I’m sorry Landon but my sister booked the guest bedroom already.” declined Crash. So Landon advanced on his way to find a home. He encountered Green Hill Zone, home of Sonic the Hedgehog....
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...contrast these four interpretations of the story, using direct quotes and paraphrases as appropriate. Try not to be judgmental; use the author's evidence for support. 3. Offer a brief critical analysis of the interpretations. What were the strengths and weaknesses, if any, of each? Three Little Pigs: Four Interpretations Gomez (1999) Literature is rife with pigs as symbols, from the Three Little Pigs to Porky, from the pigs in Orwell's Animal Farm to Hollywood’s recent creation, Babe. These characters have ranged from the crafty to the naive, from the big-hearted to the stupid who noisily eat garbage and roll about happily in mud. Wolves have fared poorly; with the exception of the 1983 movie Never Cry Wolf,...
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...Article Essay: Protecting Sacred Grizzlies Grizzly bears are under federal protection because they almost went extinct in the early 1900s. Native Americans want to protect grizzly bears in the West. Grizzly bears should be kept under a threatened status and be protected by the federal government. Grizzly bears should be protected because they are sacred to Native Americans, they should not be hunted for sport, and they are still a threatened animal. Federal and state officials have fought to reverse the threatened status on grizzly bears. Native American tribes are endlessly fighting to ensure the grizzly bear population is safe from over hunting. Grizzly bears are sacred to Native Americans and that should be a good reason to not remove protection over them. According to Ben Nuvamasa, the former chairman of the Hopi Tribe in Arizona, the Hopi Tribe sees grizzly bears as their family. He says they possess strong healing powers and play a big role in their ceremonies. The grizzly bear population was across most of the western United States until they were hunted and trapped; which destroyed more than 98% of the grizzly bears home range in America. This is also what happened to the Native Americans who were often killed or forced to live in small areas all across the United States; which is probably because of President Andrew Jackson. Many tribes across America want to ensure the protection of the grizzlies. Tribes say they do not know the fate of the bears and have not been formally...
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...The topic of rewinding is extremely complex due to the constant struggle between over populating a species, like the wolf population in North America, and having the wolf population almost to extinction. Wolves are important to the ecosystem throughout North America, and the struggle to increase their population due to the mass extinction throughout the early 1900s, has maid it difficult for environmentalist to decided whether to increase will increase ecotourism among areas that were once completely desolate due to the lack of wolves. Another option would be to reintroduce wolves as an ecocentric concern, rather than an economic concern. This would mean that wolves would be reintroduced in areas that they would actually thrive and prosper...
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...Introduction Wolves, the very name polarizes people from one end of the spectrum to the other. From the people that believe they should be shot on site, to the opposite end where environmentalist feels that people hunting wolves should be shot on site. How could you argue with the people most directly affected by the re-introduction of wolves into their area? When your livelihood is constantly threatened by the predators, it drives people to extremes. In our initial settling of this country we drove the other predators (mainly Native American and wolves) from their lands; forcing them to remote outskirts. We nearly killed the wolf off in our drive to seize this vast territory and everything in it. By doing that we threw off nature’s food chain, which caused a ripple effect among other animals and plants directly affected by the wolf. By re-introducing the wolf to its once natural territory, are we trying to right an injustice done by our ancestors long ago? Research has shown that wolves impact society through its reputation as killer of livestock, important link in the eco-system, and pawn in the ongoing debates between Government and Conservationist groups. There’s something spiritual about gazing into a wolf’s eyes. It touches your soul and it changes you. According to Lopez (1978) “It takes your stare and turns it back on you. People suddenly want to explain the feelings that come over them when confronted with that stare-their fear, their hatred, their respect, their curiosity”...
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...Asking her to explain the difference between wanting to die right now, and dying later. The tumor making certain answers unquestionable. I watched her point to the incense dish from which someone swept all the ashes up. Asking if she recognized us. Because that is what the living want: thinking it is a sign we have been loved. But the answer was a summer drive, a mountain, piles of leaves beneath which a wolf slept, suckling her cubs. Some deaths are good and it makes them hard to grieve. She was, at times, in great pain. We wanted her to die, too. That was important. But first we wanted her to remember. From the bed, a finger pressed into a pile of leaves. Gray haunch, unmovable ashes. I didn’t want to disturb their tableau, she told us. And drifted off. And we did not know the meaning behind this. The wolves must have looked so comfortable to her: wordless and in this wordlessness perfect. Did she want to go there, too. I could point to the image and say, my father must be in there, my uncle. Or: the wolf is you, you are still the mother, as if necessary to name that self at the end of its world. An animal cry, memory. That was our selfishness. As death was hers. She insisted upon it. And why not. It was good for me to get a chance to know you, she said, who had known me my entire life. Then the pills, a small handful, crushed into juice. She was happy then. We all were. Or said we were. What is the difference...
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...gray wolf back into Yellowstone Park. I support bringing them back to our national park because they are amazing animals that we can research and learn more about. They are also endangered and must be protected. We also can use the presence of wolves as a way to attract more visitors to our national parks. Based on these reasons, we should work to support this cause as soon as possible to save the wolves and bring them back to our parks. Wolves are unique animals in their ability to communicate with their pack mates, hunt for prey, and work in groups to survive. Wolves are legendary because of their spine-tingling howl, which they use to communicate. A lone wolf howls to attract the attention of his pack, while communal howls may send territorial messages from one pack to another. Some howls are confrontational. Much like barking domestic dogs, wolves may simply...
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...Economy Wolf Essay The wolves ecosystem is very interesting compare to other species. This species takes a big part in its environment in some areas because it controls the population of the animals thats on a wolves food web. A wolf is one of the most powerful predators in its ecosystem. And yet these fierce animals in the past few decades their survival has been on a peril. Its because wolves and humans co-exist and often compete with each other for survival. They fight for what’s really important like their environment and habitats which will lead up to fighting for food and water. Wolves have to face many difficult obstacles along the way in order to survive and continue on with life. A wolfs food web is unique in some ways because wolves...
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...Wolves and coyotes belong to the Canidae group and they were considered undesirable and dangerous during the early 20th century but people’s attitude toward them began to change recently as they became a necessary part of the functioning ecosystem. In order to better protect and mange these species, researchers want to determine the relationship between wolf and coyotes and by knowing their evolutionary history and genetic relationship, scientists can better protect and manage them. DNA sequence analysis is a powerful tool for identifying the genetic relationship between different organisms and as mitochondrial DNA does not recombine with other DNA, researchers can compare wolves and coyotes’ mitochondrial DNA to determine the phylogenetic...
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...Josh Smith Dr. Tom Jones English 101 December 5, 2006 The Big Bad Wolf • Three little pigs dance in a circle singing "Who's afraid of the big, bad wolf?" • Little Red Riding Hood barely escapes the cunning advances of the ravenous wolf disguised as her grandmother. • Movie audiences shriek as a gentle young man is transformed before their eyes into a blood-thirsty werewolf, a symbol for centuries of the essence of evil. Such myths and legends have portrayed the wolf as a threat to human existence. Feared as cold-blooded killers, they were hated and persecuted. Wolves were not merely shot and killed; they were tortured as well. In what was believed to be a battle between good and evil, wolves were poisoned, drawn and quartered, doused with gasoline and set on fire, and, in some cases, left with their mouths wired shut to starve (Begley 53). Convinced that they were a problem to be solved, U.S. citizens gradually eradicated gray wolves from the lower 48 states over a period of 25 years. Today many people are convinced that the elimination of the gray wolf was not only an error, but also a detriment to the quality of life in this country. There has been a public outcry to rectify the situation created by the ignorance of our ancestors. However, in seeking to address a situation created by the human compulsion to control nature, it is crucial to discern how much human interference is necessary. Human control must be tempered by respect and restraint...
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...45.) A symbol is a mark, character, or in this case animal, that is used to represent something else. In Winterdance marge was a symbol. Marge was a wild wolf that Paulsen and his trapline team ran into while on a run. Wolves are often used to symbolize the wild, but Paulsen does a great job of using Marge to illustrate the relationship between man and the wild. In this way Marge symbolises both loyalty and the wild. A metaphor is a figure of speech in which something is compared to another object to create more understanding and imagery. “Trees changed, became standing figures, weeping nuns, slithering ghosts, flying dreams”, (pg.32) this is a metaphor Paulsen wrote to explain that at night and in the darkness things seem more eerie. Gary Paulsen’s Winterdance, his use of theme, symbol, and metaphor gives the reader a higher level of understanding of the struggles he went through while prepping...
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