Table 1 Annual estimates of wolves reported by USFW, elk availability (elk per wolf), deer availability (deer per elk), cow elk to calf ratios, and mean snow depth in the Southern Yellowstone Ecosystem, WY, USA, followed by the percentage of elk and deer that constituted cougar diets, the percentage of the total elk killed that were calves, and the percentage of kill sites found in forested habitat for summer seasons.
Year | Wolves | Elk/wolf | Deer/elk | Cow:calf | Snowdepth (cm) | %elk | %deer | %calves | %forest |
2002 | 15 | 997.07 | 0.012 | 20 | 72.29 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
2003 | 19 | 708.26 | 0.014 | 28 | 67.87 | 86.7 | 13.3 | 42 | 60 |
2004 | 15 | 915.33 | 0.006 | 26 | 77.51 | 63 | 18.8 | 60 | 78.1 |
2005 | 36 | 350.28 | 0.008 | 22 | 82.7 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
2006 | 30 | 428.50 | 0.007 | 25 | 69.68 | 26.3 | 68.8 | 40 | 68.6 |
2007 | 58 | 220.29 | 0.008 | 25 | 89.57 | 68.1 | 28.6 | 50 | 70 |
2008 | 81 | 155.33 | 0.004 | 27 | 78.22 | 9.9 | 63.4 | 60 | 82.2 |
2009 | 74 | 169.59 | 0.002 | 20 | 56.61 | 53.3 | 33.3 | 64 | 83.3 |
2010 | 91 | 128.47 | 0.010 | 21 | 92.93 | 16.3 | 63.8 | 50 | 95.4 |
2011 | 85 | 140.92 | 0.008 | 17 | 54.9 | 41.7 | 52.8 | 100 | 76.4 |
2012 | 83 | 144.36 | 0.002 | 25 | 60.11 | 27.3 | 69.8 | 83 | 79.1 |