Paleoecological reconstruction of the Bridger Range, Montana, USA

• Main Author: Benes, James Victor
• Other Authors: Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Cathy Whitlock
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Letters & Science 2016
• Subjects: Paleobotany; Pollen; Fire ecology; Climatic changes; Bridger; Fairy Lake; Parkland; Tundra
• Online Access: https://scholarworks.montana.edu/xmlui/handle/1/12362

The postglacial vegetation and fire history of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE) is poorly known immediately outside of the Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks due to the scarcity of pollen and charcoal records. The paleoecological record of the Bridger Range near the northwestern GYE b...