Testing hypotheses of bison population decline (1970–1999) in Wood Buffalo National Park: synergism between exotic disease and predation

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Zoology
• Main Authors: Joly, Damien O, Messier, François
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2004
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Canada; Wood Buffalo; Canis lupus; Wood Buffalo National Park; Bison bison bison
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z04-072; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z04-072

One hypothesis to explain the decline of bison (Bison bison (L., 1758)) abundance in Wood Buffalo National Park, Canada, is the "disease–predation" hypothesis where tuberculosis (Mycobacterium bovis Karlson and Lessel, 1970) and brucellosis (Brucella abortus (Schmidt, 1901)) reduce bison s...