Modification of Plant Communities by Bison in Riding Mountain National Park

• Published in: Écoscience
• Main Authors: Peter Tarleton, Eric G. Lamb
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Centre d'études nordiques, Université Laval 2021
• Subjects: Canada; Parkland; Bison bison bison; Plains Bison
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1080/11956860.2020.1850622

Plains bison (Bison bison bison) are suspected to have played an important role in maintaining and structuring the plant communities throughout the Aspen Parkland. We examine the effects of a fenced bison herd on grassland plant communities in Riding Mountain National Park, Manitoba, Canada. We focu...