White goats, white lies : the misuse of science in Olympic National Park /

Although mountain goats are native to the Cascade range, they do not appear to have been present in Washington states's Olympic Mountains during historic times. Wildlife managers introduced goats in small numbers in what soon became Olympic National Park in 1925 and sporadically thereafter for...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Lyman, R. Lee
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, ©1998.
Sujets:
Mountain goat > Washington (State) > Olympic National Park.
Wildlife management > Washington (State) > Olympic National Park.
Chèvre des Rocheuses > Washington (État) > Olympic National Park.
NATURE > Environmental Conservation & Protection.
Mountain goat
Wildlife management
Washington (State) > Olympic National Park
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Preface
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Wildlife management, science, and the national park service
  • 3. Populations
  • 4. Plants
  • 5. Wallows, publishing, factoids, and emotions
  • 6. History, ethnography, and archaeology
  • Plates: following page
  • 7. On the historical biogeography of the Olympic Peninsula
  • 8. Management of white goats
  • Appendix
  • References
  • Index.

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