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Yellowstone's wildlife in transition, edited by P.J. White, Robert A. Garrott, Glenn E. Plumb

Label
Yellowstone's wildlife in transition, edited by P.J. White, Robert A. Garrott, Glenn E. Plumb
Language
eng
Abstract
The worlds first national park, Yellowstone is a symbol of natures enduring majesty and the paradigm of protected areas across the globe
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Yellowstone's wildlife in transition
Nature of contents
bibliographydictionaries
Oclc number
864825537
Responsibility statement
edited by P.J. White, Robert A. Garrott, Glenn E. Plumb
Table Of 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
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