THE ECOLOGY OF LARGE MAMMALS IN CENTRAL YELLOWSTONE, 3
Sixteen Years of Integrated Field Studies To order this title, and for more information, click here
Edited By Robert Garrott, Fish and Wildlife Management Program, Ecology Department, Montana State University Bozeman, USA Patrick White, National Park Service Fred Watson, California State University, Monterey Bay, USA
Description 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 ago resulted in scientific and public controversy about the effect of large predators
on their prey, a debate closely examined in the book.
Introductory chapters describe the geography, geology and vegetation of the
ecosystem. The elk and bison are then introduced and their population ecology described both pre- and post? wolf introduction, enabling
valuable insights into the demographic and behavioral consequences for their ungulate prey. Subsequent chapters describe the wildlife-human
interactions and show how scientific research can inform the debate and policy issues surrounding winter recreation in Yellowstone.
The book closes with a discussion of how this ecological knowledge can be used to educate the public, both about Yellowstone itself and
about science, ecology and the environment in general.
Yellowstone National Park exemplifies some of the currently most hotly debated
and high-profile ecological, wildlife management, and environmental policy issues and this book will have broad appeal not only to academic
ecologists, but also to natural resource students, managers, biologists, policy makers, administrators and the general public.
Audience
Research and advanced students in ecology, wildlife and habitat management, and conservation biology. Wildlife and Habitat managers in
Yellowstone and elswhere. Wildlife policy agencies. Technically interested laypersons, press and media.
Contents INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1 Integrated science in the central Yellowstone ecosystem
LANDSCAPE AND CLIMATE
Chapter 2 The central Yellowstone
landscape: geology, terrain, vegetation
Chapter 3 Climate: good years, bad years, and long-term change
Chapter 4 Quantifying and
mapping Yellowstone?s unique geothermal landscape
Chapter 5 Snowpack dynamics: processes and models
Chapter 6 Meadow dynamics: a
remote sensing approach
UNGULATE SPATIAL AND POPULATION DYNAMICS PRIOR TO WOLVES
Chapter 7 Elk population dynamics before wolves:
A bottom-up system
Chapter 8 Elk spatial dynamics and resource use patterns: adaptation to a unique environment
Chapter 9 The Recovery
of Yellowstone?s Bison: a Century of Population Dynamics
Chapter 10 Bison range expansion: affected by the same mechanisms influencing
migratory behavior?
WOLVES REESTABLISHMENT AND PREDATION
Chapter 11 Recolonization dynamics of a new wolf population
Chapter 12
Wolf movement patterns in relation to prey and kill sites
Chapter 13 Wolf prey selection in an elk-bison system: choice or circumstance?
Chapter 14 Estimation of predator kill rates using imperfect data
Chapter 15 Factors driving wolf predation rates: predictably variable?
WOLF-UNGULATE DYNAMICS
Chapter 16 Alterations in elk group size to varying temporal and spatial wolf predation risks
Chapter 17
Alterations in elk winter foraging time: consequences of living in a risky environment
Chapter 18 Elk landscape use and winter movements:
influenced by the environment or driven by fear?
Chapter 19 Characterizing elk resource selection responses to wolf predation risks
Chapter 20 Post-wolf elk population dynamics: strong top-down regulation?
Chapter 21 Alternative models of wolf-ungulate dynamics
Chapter 22 Comparison of wolf effects on ungulates in the Greater Yellowstone Area
HUMAN-WILDLIFE INTERACTIONS
Chapter 23 The winter
recreation controversy
Chapter 24 Wildlife responses to park visitors in winter
Chapter 25 Bison winter road travel: facilitated
by road grooming or a manifestation of natural trends?
Chapter 26 Aggregate effects of topography, habitat, snowpack, and roads on
bison travel patterns
Chapter 27 Resolution of the winter recreation issue
COMMUNICATING ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE AND CONTRIBUTING TO
NATURAL
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Chapter 28 Communicating ecological knowledge to students and the public
Chapter 29 Science in National
Parks: expectations, limitations, and contributions
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