Yellowstone National Park - Ecology of Bison Movements in and Beyond YNP (U.S. National Park Service)

The Ecology of Bison Movements and Distribution In and Beyond Yellowstone National Park

A Critical Review with Implications for Winter Use
and Transboundary Population Management

C. Cormack Gates
Brad Stelfox
Tyler Muhly
Tom Chowns
Robert J. Hudson

April 2005

In June 2004, the National Park Service commissioned Dr. Cormack Gates of the Faculty of Environmental Design at the University of Calgary to conduct an independent assessment on the effects of groomed roads on bison movement during the winter in Yellowstone National Park. Entitled, "The Ecology of Bison Movements and Distribution in and beyond Yellowstone National Park," the report has been completed and is now available to the public.

Table of Contents (19K pdf)

Executive Summary (76K pdf)

Chapter 1 - Introduction (55K pdf)

Chapter 2 - Review of Literature on Ungulate Movements (214K pdf)

Chapter 3 - Environmental Setting (1.81 MB pdf)

Chapter 4 - History of Bison Management in Yellowstone National Park (546K pdf)

Chapter 5 - Bison Population Dynamics and Spatial Ecology (2.74 MB pdf)

Chapter 6 - Strategic-level Bison Population and Distribution Model (2.04 MB pdf)

Chapter 7 - Synthesis and Recommendations (139K pdf)

References & Appendices (235K pdf)

Faculty of Environmental Design
UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY
Calgary, Alberta

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