A new study shows how avalanches affect the population of mountain goats in Southeast Alaska.
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“The focus of our work was on the role of avalanches,” White said. “More broadly, the role of snow and influencing mountain goat population dynamics.” “Steep rugged terrain provides a refuge from the risk of predation such — from species such as wolves, or bears for example,” White explained. “But then that comes at a cost, and the cost is the risk of avalanches.”
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