The fall and rise of bison populations in Wood Buffalo National Park: 1971 to 2003

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Zoology
• Main Authors: Bradley, Mark, Wilmshurst, John
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2005
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Wood Buffalo; Peace-Athabasca Delta; Wood Buffalo National Park; Bison bison bison
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z05-106; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z05-106

Two hypotheses have been proposed to explain the decline of bison (Bison bison (L., 1758)) abundance in Wood Buffalo National Park (WBNP). The "disease–predation" hypothesis proposes that tuberculosis (Mycobacterium bovis (Karlson and Lessel 1970)) and brucellosis (Brucella abortus (Schmid...