How Wolves Can Save an Ecosystem

Everyone does not seem to like the best predator. Sharks look awful, and people think they are therapeutic, so they are hunted a lot. Big cats like leopards and tigers are hunted for their skin and beard in addition to their huge habitat destruction. What happens when the best predator is eliminated? The delicate balance that exists in almost all ecosystems collapses and the next organism of the food chain spreads without limit. As the population sharply increases, all creatures below it are affected.

Although scientists have pointed out the adverse effects of the reduction or loss of the highest predator over the years, we can not normally observe the opposite, predators recover and observe the area. This is exactly what happened in Yellowstone National Park. At that time, the wolf was reintroduced into the environment and "re-centered" this area nearly 20 years ago.

The wolf not only eliminated the number of elk butterfly that can not be managed by the park, it was reorganized in the place where the animal actually lived. As a result, flora and fauna that had suffered in the past will flourish in just a few years.

Please watch this video and learn about the importance of the best predators to build healthy and balanced ecosystems.

Side note: British narrator calls the Canadian deer shown in the video "deer", or "Red Deer", but Americans call this kind of moose. When British mentions about elk, they usually refer to Alces alces which Americans call elk.

Wolves and other large predators will help manage the ecosystem by controlling the herbivore population. In the absence of wolves to control the population and behavior of herbaceous plants such as elk, they will overgrow to the point that ecosystems can not maintain them or other smaller species. Since wolves help manage the herbivorous population, vegetation like poplar and poplar tree can prosper again. This not only helps to increase the number of beavers but also creates more biodiversity by creating a beaver pool, but healthy vegetation helps to maintain fertile soil and control erosion. Processes released from the atmosphere and stored in the soil or greenhouse gases

Healthy ecosystems require living thousands of animals and plants, from soil microorganisms to the best predators such as bears and wolves. If more than one species has been removed from this environment and no longer serves their niche, it can damage the ecosystem. Similar results may be obtained even if alien species or invasive species are introduced into the habitat. Invasive species are likely to compete for food or territory of native species. Hey, ladybug, beetles pollinate the plants in our natural ecosystem and many crops we rely on. The importance of biodiversity as pollinators can not do all these. For example, loss of habitat reduces the amount of pollinators, such as when humans change grass into parking lots or backyards. If the pollinator completely disappears, we will lose more than a third of the harvest. This reduces or eliminates the availability of food such as honey, chocolate, fruit, nuts, coffee.