Wolf-Bison Interactions in Yellowstone National Park

• Main Authors: Smith, Douglas, Mech, L. David, Meagher, Mary, Clark, Wendy, Jaffe, Rosemary, Phillips, Michael, Mack, John A.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln 2000
• Subjects: Other International and Area Studies; Lone; Canis lupus; Bison bison bison
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/usgsnpwrc/69; https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/usgsnpwrc/article/1084/viewcontent/Mech_JM_2000_Wolf_Bison_interactions.pdf

We studied interactions of reintroduced wolves (Canis lupus) with bison (Bison bison) in Yellowstone National Park. Only 2 of 41 wolves in this study had been exposed to bison before their translocation. Wolves were more successful killing elk (Cervus elaphus) than bison, and elk were more abundant...