Answer: increased the carrying capacity for the Kaibab deer
Explanation: The removal of livestock means more food as grass is available for the Kaibab deer to feed on. In the same vein, the nonexistence of predators would allow for proliferated growth which in turn would increase the number of deer population on the plateau. What this means is that the Preserve is now able to carry as much deer population as it could going forward thereby increasing the carrying capacity for the Kaibab deer which was evident by the increasing figures on the years the deer numbers were estimated.