. 2013 Oct 23;8(10):e77373. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077373

Table 1. Variable inputs used to estimate available biomass (kg/month) from moose killed by wolves, hunter harvest, vehicle collisions, and natural death within an area the size of an average annual wolf territory (900 km²) in Scandinavia with and without presence of wolves.

Letter	Parameter	Source
k	wolf-killed moose (number/month)	[20], [28]
j	age class of moose (calf or adult)	[19], [20]
n_j	proportion of moose in category j in wolf kills	[19], [20]
w_j	live weight of moose in category j (kg)	[20], [33]
e	proportion of edible biomass	[34]
d	wolf consumption (kg/wolf/day)	[35]
o	harvested moose (number/month)	this study
s_j	proportion of harvested moose within wolf territories in category j	this study
f	proportion of live weight constituted of internal organs	unpublished data
r	moose killed in vehicle collisions on roads (number/month)	this study
y	proportion of vehicle-killed moose where the entire carcass was available for scavengers	this study
m_j	proportion of moose in category j during winter	[28]
p	moose killed in collision on railways/km railway (number/month)	[38]
h	averaged distance of railway (km)	this study
l_j	moose dying of natural causes in category j (number/month)	[39], [40]
q	weight loss of moose during hard winters (kg)	[42]
z_j	wolf-killed moose in category j that is compensatory mortality (number/month)	[43]
t_j	proportion of harvested moose in areas without wolves in category j	this study

Table 1. Variable inputs used to estimate available biomass (kg/month) from moose killed by wolves, hunter harvest, vehicle collisions, and natural death within an area the size of an average annual wolf territory (900 km2) in Scandinavia with and without presence of wolves.