Ecological-process management and ungulates: Yellowstone’s conservation paradigm
What have been the consequences for ungulate ecology and management after 30 years of ecological-process management in national parks of the United States? Intervention sometimes has been required to restore and maintain ecological processes, as illustrated by recent wolf (Canis lupus) recovery in Y...
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ftutahsudc:oai:digitalcommons.usu.edu:aspen_bib-2309 2024-02-04T09:59:29+01:00 Ecological-process management and ungulates: Yellowstone’s conservation paradigm Boyce, M.S. 1998-01-01T08:00:00Z https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/aspen_bib/1312 http://www.jstor.org/stable/3783751 unknown Hosted by Utah State University Libraries https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/aspen_bib/1312 http://www.jstor.org/stable/3783751 Copyright for this work is held by the author. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. For more information contact the Institutional Repository Librarian at digitalcommons@usu.edu. Aspen Bibliography Forest Sciences text 1998 ftutahsudc 2024-01-11T18:41:30Z What have been the consequences for ungulate ecology and management after 30 years of ecological-process management in national parks of the United States? Intervention sometimes has been required to restore and maintain ecological processes, as illustrated by recent wolf (Canis lupus) recovery in Yellowstone National Park. But the long-held belief that ungulate populations must be controlled has no basis in fact, and concerns that ecosystems would collapse without culling ungulate populations have been unfounded. Instead, biologists have learned about the influence of herbivores on vegetation structure and composition and found that ungulate populations are regulated by a variety of demographic mechanisms. Parks are needed as ecological baselines or controls against which we can evaluate the consequences of human activities and developments outside the national parks. Text Canis lupus Utah State University: DigitalCommons@USU |
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What have been the consequences for ungulate ecology and management after 30 years of ecological-process management in national parks of the United States? Intervention sometimes has been required to restore and maintain ecological processes, as illustrated by recent wolf (Canis lupus) recovery in Yellowstone National Park. But the long-held belief that ungulate populations must be controlled has no basis in fact, and concerns that ecosystems would collapse without culling ungulate populations have been unfounded. Instead, biologists have learned about the influence of herbivores on vegetation structure and composition and found that ungulate populations are regulated by a variety of demographic mechanisms. Parks are needed as ecological baselines or controls against which we can evaluate the consequences of human activities and developments outside the national parks. |
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