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The world's first national park is constantly changing. How we understand and respond to recent events putting species under stress will determine the future of ecosystems millions of years in the making. Marshaling expertise from over 30 contributors, 'Yellowstone's Wildlife in Trans...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: White, P. J. (Patrick James) (Editor ), Garrott, Robert A. (Editor ), Plumb, Glenn E. (Glenn Edward) (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [2013]
Temas:
Animal ecology > Yellowstone National Park.
Wildlife management > Yellowstone National Park.
Ecosystem management > Yellowstone National Park.
Écologie animale > Yellowstone National Park.
Écosystèmes > Gestion > Yellowstone National Park.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > General.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science.
Animal ecology
Ecosystem management
Wildlife management
Tierökologie
Wildtiermanagement
United States > Yellowstone National Park
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Foreword / Edward O. Wilson
  • Background and Concepts
  • 1. Ecological Process Management / P. J. White, Robert A. Garrott, and Glenn E. Plumb
  • 2. 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
  • 3. 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
  • 4. Population Dynamics : Influence of Resources and Other Factors on Animal Denistry / P.J. White and Kerry A. Gunther
  • 5. Predation : Wolf Restoration and the Transition of Yellowstone Elk / P. J. White and Robert A. Garrott
  • 6. Competition and Symbiosis : The Indirect Effect of Predation / Robert A. Garrott, Daniel R. Stahler, and P. J. White
  • 7. 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
  • 8. Natural Disturbance Dynamics : Shaping the Yellowstone Landscape / David B. McWethy, Wyatt F. Cross, Colden V. Baxter, Cathy Whitlock, and Robert E. Gresswell
  • 9. 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
  • 10. Migration and Dispersal : Key Processes for Conserving National Parks / P. J. White, Glenn E. Plumb, Rick L. Wallen, and Lisa M. Baril
  • 11. Have Wolves Restored Riparian Willows in Northern Yellowstone? / N. Thompson Hobbs and David J. Cooper
  • 12. 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
  • 13. Altered Processes and the Demise of Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout in Yellowstone Lake / Robert E. Gresswell and Lusha M. Tronstad
  • 14. Balancing Bison Conservation and Risk Management of the Non-Native Disease Brucellosis / John J. Treanor, P. J. White, and Rick L. Wallen
  • 15. Exotic Fugus Acts with Natural Disturbance Agents to Alter Whiteback Pine Communities / S. Thomas Olliff, Roy A. Renkin, Daniel P. Reinhart, Kristin L. Legg, and Emily M. Wellington
  • Conclusion
  • 16. The Future of Ecological Process Management / P. J. White, Robert A. Garrott, and Glenn E. Plumb
  • Reference List
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contributors
  • Index.

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