David Mech correspondence on the Eastern Coyote's potential "dampening" of Moose poulations

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From: L. David Mech [mailto:mechx002@umn.edu]
Sent: Friday, May 07, 2010 10:28 AM
To: Meril, Rick
Subject: RE: Moose foraging in the temp forest of southern new england

Rick,

Possibility, but I have no direct knowledge of this.

Dave

http://www.blogger.com/www.davemech.org%20

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From: Meril, Rick [mailto:Rick.Meril@warnerbros.com]

Sent: Monday, April 26, 2010 4:14 PM

To: 'mechx002@tc.umn.edu'; 'mechx002@umn.edu'; 'david_mech@usgs.gov'

Subject: FW: Moose foraging in the temp forest of southern new england

David

Hope this finds you well…………………….Ed Faison of the Harvard Forest and myself

had the communication below speculating about whether the Eastern Coyote

might have a dampening effect on Moose by preying on fawns in late Spring

and early Summer……………..With the Eastern Coyote weighing in at 35-50 pounds

versus Western Coyote a 20 to 35 weight class predator, my thought is that

the Eastern “wiley” can in fact prey on Moose calves. Ed states that Western

Coyotes prey on Elk calves…………………If you have a moment, your perspective on

coyotes preying on Moose calves in New England and the Great Lakes State?

Many thanks and I hope that you periodically peruse my

coyotes-wolves-cougars.blogspot.com blog.

Rick