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Description: |
x, 347 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-332) and index. |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: 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 : 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 -- 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 S. 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 -- 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. Renken, Daniel P. Reinhart, Kristin L. Legg, and Emily M. Wellington -- The future of ecological process management / P.J. White, Robert A. Garrott, and Glenn E. Plumb. |
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Summary, Etc. Note: |
Summary: This compilation of essays examines the challenges that Yellowstone National Park's ecology faces in the 20th and 21st centuries. The essays identify and discuss ways to confront three main challenges to the park: invasive species, private-sector development of unprotected lands, and a warming climate. |