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The ecology of large mammals in central Yellowstone : sixteen years of integrated field studies /

This book is an authoritative work on the ecology of some of America's most iconic large mammals in a natural environment - and of the interplay between climate, landscape, and animals in the interior of the world's first and most famous national park. Central Yellowstone includes the rang...

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Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology
Group Author: Garrott, Robert A; White, P. J. Patrick James; Watson, Fred G. R
Published: Academic Press,
Publisher Address: San Diego, CA :
Publication Dates: 2009.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Terrestrial ecology series ; v. 3
Subjects:
Mammals > Ecology > Yellowstone National Park > Longitudinal studies
Animal communities > Yellowstone National Park > Longitudinal studies
Predation Biology > Yellowstone National Park > Longitudinal studies
Ecosystem management > Yellowstone National Park > Longitudinal studies
Wildlife conservation > Yellowstone National Park > Longitudinal studies
Wolves > Ecology > Yellowstone National Park > Longitudinal studies
Ungulates > Ecology > Yellowstone National Park > Longitudinal studies
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > Mammals
NATURE > Animals > Mammals
Animal communities
Ecosystem management
Mammals > Ecology
Predation Biology
Wildlife conservation
Yellowstone National Park > Ecology
United States > Yellowstone National Park
Electronic books
Longitudinal studies
Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/bookseries/19367961/3
Summary: This book is an authoritative work on the ecology of some of America's most iconic large mammals in a natural environment - and of the interplay between climate, landscape, and animals in the interior of the world's first and most famous national park. Central Yellowstone includes the range of one of the largest migratory populations of bison in North America as well as a unique elk herd that remains in the park year round. These populations live in a varied landscape with seasonal and often extreme patterns of climate and food abundance. The reintroduction of wolves into the park a decade a
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xvii, 693 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (chiefly color).
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9780123741745
0123741742
9780080921051
0080921051
Index Number: QL719
CLC: Q959.8
Contents: Introduction: Integrated science in the central yellowstone system / Robert A. Garrott and P.J. White -- Landscape and climate -- Ungulates spatial and polulation dynamics prior to wolves -- Wolves : re-establishment and predation -- Wolf ungulate dynamics -- HNuman wildlife interactions -- Communicating ecological knowledge and contributing to natural resource management.

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