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Revisiting Population Sizes on Isle Royale

Based on your observations during the class simulation, do you have new thoughts about the population trends on Isle Royale?

Sketch the population trend you expect to see below.

Questions

Please answer the questions below.

What did you notice about the wolf and moose populations and how they changed over the course of your model?  Please provide at least one observation.

Sketch the shape of the graph that you predict you will see for the size of the wolf population between 1959 and 2010.

In a different color, sketch the shape of the graph that you predict you will see for the size of the moose population between 1959 and 2010.

Note: Draw your sketch in the sketchpad below

Notes

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