Graduate students working with Dr. Oakley research Lynx and Moose in Yukon

A Canadian graduate student working with Haines’ veterinarian Michelle Oakley to research the boom and bust cycle of lynx in the Yukon presented her findings at the American Bald Eagle Foundation on Feb. 15.

Rachel Derbyshire, a master’s student from Trent University in Ontario, wants to learn how lynx change behavior as their primary prey population declines.

The lynx population cycle closely mirrors their primary prey, the snowshoe hare, by about one to two years,…