Yellowstone's northern range : complexity & change in a wildland ecosystem.

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

Yellowstone National Park (Agency : U.S.), issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Yellowstone National Park.

Wildlife management--Yellowstone National Park.

Wildlife management.

Elk--Yellowstone National Park.

Elk.

Ecosystem management--Yellowstone National Park.

Ecosystem management.

National parks and reserves--Yellowstone National Park.

National parks and reserves.

United States--Yellowstone National Park.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 148 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color)

Place of Publication:

Mammoth Hot Springs, Wyoming : Yellowstone National Park, National Park Service, 1997.

Summary:

Yellowstone's northern range has inspired one of this century's most productive, if sometimes bitter, dialogues on the management of a wildland ecosystem. Document presents new scientific research about the range and synthesizes information that has previously been available only in specialized and technical journals. Interprets and summarizes the work of dozens of ecologists and other researchers from across the scientific community and provides Yellowstone National Park's formal administrative position on the northern range grazing issue.

Contents:

Foreword

Executive summary

History of the northern range research and management

The prehistoric and early historical setting

Grasslands

Woody vegetation

Soil, erosion, sediments, and watershed

Elk population issues

Elk and other wildlife species

Conclusions

Acknowledgements

Appendix A: Conferences, meetings, and workshops relating to the northern range

Appendix B: Ungulate counts and estimates

References.

Notes:

Title from web page (viewed January 9, 2004).

Includes bibliographical references (pages 132-148).

Online resource, PDF version; title from title page (NPS, viewed April 19, 2022).

Other Format:

Print version: Yellowstone's northern range

OCLC:

54092129