Yellowstone's wildlife in transition
2013
eBook
Abstract: The worlds first national park, Yellowstone is a symbol of natures enduring majesty and the paradigm of protected areas across the globe.
Main title:
Yellowstone's wildlife in transition / edited by P.J. White, Robert A. Garrott, Glenn E. Plumb.
Author:
Plumb, Glenn E. (Glenn Edward), editorGarrott, Robert A., editorWhite, P. J. (Patrick James), editorCredo Reference (Firm), distributor
Edition:
[Enhanced Credo edition]
Imprint:
Boston, Massachusetts : Credo Reference, 2013.Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2013.
Collation:
1 online resource (25 entries) : 40 images ; digital files.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.Description based on title page of print version.
System details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Linking notes:
Print version: x, 347 pages : illustrations, maps
Contents:
Foreword / Edward O. Wilson -- Background and concepts -- Ecological Process Management / P.J. White, Robert A. Garrott, and Glenn E. Plumb -- Understanding the Past: The History of Wildlife and Resource Management in the Greater Yellowstone Area / S. Thomas Olliff, Paul Schullery, Glenn E. Plumb, and Lee H. Whittlesey -- Scale and Perception in Resource Management: Integrating Scientific Knowledge / Matthew S. Becker, Robert A. Garrott, and P. J. White -- Population dynamics and interactions among species -- Population Dynamics: Influence of Resources and Other Factors on Animal Density / P.J. White and Kerry A. Gunther -- Predation: Wolf Restoration and the Transition of Yellowstone Elk / P.J. White and Robert A. Garrott -- Competition and Symbiosis: The Indirect Effects of Predation / Robert A. Garrott, Daniel R. Stahler, and P. J. White -- Omnivory and the Terrestrial Food Web: Yellowstone Grizzly Bear Diets / Charles C. Schwartz, Mark A. Haroldson, Kerry A. Gunther, and Charles T. Robbins -- Communities and landscape-scale processes -- Natural Disturbance Dynamics: Shaping the Yellowstone Landscape / David B. McWethy, Wyatt F. Cross, Colden V. Baxter, Cathy Whitlock, and Robert E. Gresswell -- Climate and Vegetation Phenology: Predicting the Effects of Warming Temperatures / Christopher C. Wilmers, Karthik Ram, Fred G.R. Watson, P.J. White, Douglas W. Smith, and Taal Levi -- Migration and Dispersal: Key Processes for Conserving National Parks / P.J. White, Glenn E. Plumb, Rick L. Wallen, and Lisa M. Baril -- Have Wolves Restored Riparian Willows in Northern Yellowstone? / N. Thompson Hobbs and David J. Cooper -- Assessing the Effects of Climate Change and Wolf Restoration on Grassland Processes / Douglas A. Frank, Rick L. Wallen, and P. J. White -- Invasive, non-native species -- Altered Processes and the Demise of Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout in Yellowstone Lake / Robert E. Gresswell and Lusha M. Tronstad -- Balancing Bison Conservation and Risk Management of the Non-Native Disease Brucellosis / John J. Treanor, P.J. White, and Rick L. Wallen -- Exotic Fungus Acts with Natural Disturbance Agents to Alter Whitebark Pine Communities / S. Thomas Olliff, Roy A. Renkin, Daniel P. Reinhart, Kristin L. Legg, and Emily M. Wellington -- CONCLUSION -- The Future of Ecological Process Management / P.J. White, Robert A. Garrott, and Glenn E. Plumb -- Reference List -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors.
Access restrictions:
Access restricted to authorized users and institutions.
ISBN:
9780674073180 (alk. paper)9781784021856 (electronic version)
Dewey class:
591.70978752
LC class:
QH104.5.Y44
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
502258
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