Sugar preserve the fruit by replacing some of the water in the fruit. This natural process preserves the fruit's original color, texture and shape by preventing remaining water of the fruit from leaving its cellular structures. Due to removal of water with the help of sugar from the fruit helps in preserving the fruits for long time period. The sugar helps in drying of the fruits so that's why we can say that sugar preserve the fruits.
The wolf population would slowly die off as competition increases. The death rate would increase over the birth rate as food supply would not be adequate due to the over consumption of the invasive predator.