You can also use the graph to help understand the first point that I was trying to make about trapping causing the remaining coyotes to become more prolific producers of pups. When you remove a large amount of predators and allow the prey populations to reach those high peaks like on the graph, then the remaining predators are surrounded by a surplus of food. When predators hunt, their success rates are directly tied to the amount of prey present and the amount of competition for that prey. The number of pups that female coyote produces is tied to her prenatal health. Plenty of food equals plenty of pups.
There are two reasons why the predator population lines go up so steeply when prey populations are peaked out��Increase in immigration of new predators filling the void and increased fertility rates. Your $100 bills are paying to increase both.
