Populations of ungulates and wolves were stabilized in both the northern and southern portions using the parameters in the previous two labs and the migration rates and hunting numbers below. All populations were stabilized by building a connection between the northern and southern populations and by selectively restricting the flow of animals from one population to another. If the real world worked like the model, I would recommend implementation of this plan.
All populations stabilize, even though some lose large numbers of their initial population.
In reality, managing 11 populations of animals in this manner would be practically impossible. Animals are generally hesitant to utilize overpasses or tunnels, and would probably have to be manually transported from one half of WSMR to the other an expensive, work-intensive, and highly stressful task for both the animals and the manager. In addition, migration rates would most likely be density dependent, with a larger proportion of the population migrating as the population size increases. A project of this magnitude and expense seems to be frivolous and a waste of the taxpayer s money. Instead of building the passageway or introducing wolves to the southern section, wolves can be introduced to the northern section, where all initial ungulate population numbers are very high.