Population Characteristics, Distribution and Habitat Relationships of Six Ungulate Species on Winter Range in Yellowstone National Park
Author | : William J. Barmore |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1354 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : Habitat (Ecology) |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : William J. Barmore |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1354 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : Habitat (Ecology) |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Robert B. Keiter |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 452 |
Release | : 1994-04-05 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9780300059274 |
In 1872, Congress designated Yellowstone National Park as the world's first National Park. In this book, various experts in science, economics and law discuss key resource management issues in the greater Yellowstone ecosystem, and how humans should interact with the environment of this area.
Author | : Frederic H. Wagner |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 386 |
Release | : 2006-05-25 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 0195148215 |
"The beloved Yellowstone National Park underwent a management shift in 1969 that drastically altered its landscape. This book comes at a time when scientific results are sometimes withheld so that they do not challenge policy positions. The author charges that Yellowstone-supported research has produced a faulty ecological paradigm, whether consciously or not, in order to maintain status quo of the Park's "natural-regulation" policy." "Wagner's ecosystem model of the Park's northern range focuses on a low-elevation region of the Park where a large herd of Rocky Mountain elk winters. His study spans 132 years of ecological, hydrologic, archaeological, photographic, and historic evidence and synthesizes the herd's impact over time."--BOOK JACKET.
Author | : National Research Council |
Publisher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 199 |
Release | : 2002-02-01 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0309083451 |
Ecological Dynamics on Yellowstone's Northern Range discusses the complex management challenges in Yellowstone National Park. Controversy over the National Park Service's approach of "natural regulation" has heightened in recent years because of changes in vegetation and other ecosystem components in Yellowstone's northern range. Natural regulation minimizes human impacts, including management intervention by the National Park Service, on the park ecosystem. Many have attributed these changes to increased size of elk and other ungulate herds. This report examines the evidence that increased ungulate populations are responsible for the changes in vegetation and that the changes represent a major and serious change in the Yellowstone ecosystem. According to the authors, any human intervention to protect species such as the aspen and those that depend on them should be prudently localized rather than ecosystem-wide. An ecosystem-wide approach, such as reducing ungulate populations, could be more disruptive. The report concludes that although dramatic ecological change does not appear to be imminent, approaches to dealing with potential human-caused changes in the ecosystem, including those related to climate change, should be considered now. The need for research and public education is also compelling.