Yellowstone's wildlife in transition / edited by P.J. White, Robert A. Garrott, Glenn E. Plumb.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

White, P. J. (Patrick James)

Garrott, Robert A.

Plumb, Glenn E. (Glenn Edward)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animal ecology--Yellowstone National Park.

Animal ecology.

Wildlife management--Yellowstone National Park.

Wildlife management.

Ecosystem management--Yellowstone National Park.

Ecosystem management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (368 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The world's first national park, Yellowstone is a symbol of nature's enduring majesty and the paradigm of protected areas across the globe. But Yellowstone is constantly changing. How we understand and respond to events that are putting species under stress, say the authors of Yellowstone's Wildlife in Transition, will determine the future of ecosystems that were millions of years in the making. With a foreword by the renowned naturalist E. O. Wilson, this is the most comprehensive survey of research on North America's flagship national park available today. Marshaling the expertise of over thirty contributors, Yellowstone's Wildlife in Transition examines the diverse changes to the park's ecology in recent decades. Since its creation in the 1870's, the priorities governing Yellowstone have evolved, from intensive management designed to protect and propagate depleted large-bodied mammals to an approach focused on restoration and preservation of ecological processes. Recognizing the importance of natural occurrences such as fires and predation, this more ecologically informed oversight has achieved notable successes, including the recovery of threatened native species of wolves, bald eagles, and grizzly bears. Nevertheless, these experts detect worrying signs of a system under strain. They identify three overriding stressors: invasive species, private-sector development of unprotected lands, and a warming climate. Their concluding recommendations will shape the twenty-first-century discussion over how to confront these challenges, not only in American parks but for conservation areas worldwide. Highly readable and fully illustrated, Yellowstone's Wildlife in Transition will be welcomed by ecologists and nature enthusiasts alike.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Foreword / WILSON, EDWARD O.

Background and Concepts

1 Ecological Process Management / WHITE, P. J. / GARROTT, ROBERT A. / PLUMB, GLENN E.

2 Understanding the Past / OLLIFF, S . THOMAS / SCHULLERY, PAUL / PLUMB, GLENN E. / WHITTLESEY, LEE H.

3 Scale and Perception in Resource Management / BECKER, MATTHEW S. / GARROTT, ROBERT A. / WHITE, P. J.

Population Dynamics and Interactions among Species

4 Population Dynamics / WHITE, P. J. / GUNTHER, KERRY A.

5 Predation / WHITE, P. J. / GARROTT, ROBERT A.

6 Competition and Symbiosis / GARROTT, ROBERT A. / STAHLER, DANIEL R. / WHITE, P. J.

7 Omnivory and the Terrestrial Food Web / SCHWARTZ, CHARLES C. / HAROLDSON, MARK A. / GUNTHER, KERRY A. / ROBBINS, CHARLES T.

Communities and Landscape- scale Processes

8 Natural Disturbance Dynamics / MCWETHY, DAVID B. / CROSS, WYATT F. / BAXTER, COLDEN V. / WHITLOCK, CATHY / GRESSWELL, ROBERT E.

9 Climate and Vegetation Phenology / WILMERS, CHRISTOPHER C. / RAM, KARTHIK / WATSON, FRED G. R. / WHITE, P. J. / SMITH, DOUGLAS W. / LEVI, TAAL

10 Migration and Dispersal / WHITE, P. J. / PLUMB, GLENN E. / WALLEN, RICK L. / BARIL, LISA M.

11 Have Wolves Restored Riparian Willows in Northern Yellowstone? / THOMPSON HOBBS, N. / COOPER, DAVID J.

12 Assessing the Effects of Climate Change and Wolf Restoration on Grassland Processes / FRANK, DOUGLAS A. / WALLEN, RICK L. / WHITE, P. J.

Invasive, non-native Species

13 Altered Processes and the Demise of Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout in Yellowstone Lake / GRESSWELL, ROBERT E. / TRONSTAD, LUSHA M.

14 Balancing Bison Conservation and Risk Management of the Non- Native Disease Brucellosis / TREANOR, JOHN J. / WHITE, P. J. / WALLEN, RICK L.

15 Exotic Fungus Acts with Natural Disturbance Agents to Alter Whitebark Pine Communities / OLLIFF, S . THOMAS / RENKIN, ROY A. / REINHART, DANIEL P. / LEGG, KRISTIN L. / WELLINGTON, EMILY M.

Conclusion

16 The Future of Ecological Process Management / WHITE, P. J. / GARROTT, ROBERT A. / PLUMB, GLENN E.

Reference List

Acknowledgments

Contributors

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-674-07643-5

1-78402-185-7

0-674-07641-9

OCLC:

831664348