Modification of plant communities by bison in Riding Mountain National Park

• Main Authors: Tarleton, Peter, Lamb, Eric G.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Taylor & Francis 2020
• Subjects: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified; FOS Earth and related environmental sciences; Ecology; FOS Biological sciences; Sociology; FOS Sociology; 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified; Plant Biology; Canada; Parkland; Bison bison bison; Plains Bison
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.13506796.v1; https://tandf.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Modification_of_plant_communities_by_bison_in_Riding_Mountain_National_Park/13506796/1

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 fo...