Wolves alter wetland creation and recolonization by killing ecosystem engineers
October 28, 2021
Researchers with the University of Minnesota's Voyageurs Wolf Project and Voyageurs National Park observed and demonstrated that wolves affect wetland ecosystems by killing beavers leaving their colonies to create new ponds.
Joseph Bump, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology (FWCB); Tom Gable, graduate student in FWCB; and Austin Homkes, researcher in the FWCB, are quoted.
