Effects of mountain lion predation on reducing feral horse population growth rates: panacea or pipedream?
Kathryn A. Schoenecker
A goal of applied ecology is to evaluate how demographic rates contribute to population growth and how demography might be manipulated to achieve management objectives. In western North America, many feral horse (Equus caballus) populations occupying public lands are protected by federal law and managed for site-specific numerical targets. However, feral horses can exhibit population growth rates exceeding 20% per yr, which can lead to overpopulation, and therefore conflict with other permitted