Yellowstone elk don't budge for wolves say scientists S.J. & Jessie E. Quinney College of Natural Resources, Utah State University Journal Journal of Animal Ecology Funder an anonymous private ...
Next they turned to fire to see if possibly a reduction in the number of forest fires ... The elimination of Yellowstone's wolves allowed the elk to browse aspens unchecked. Finally, Ripple ...
The primary driver of decreased elk browsing pressure and increased aspen tree regeneration was a reduction in elk population density." ...
Editor’s Note: This story accompanies the May 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine, devoted entirely to America’s first national park. Find more at natgeo ...
Photograph by Michael Nichols The comeback of a surprising number of other animals ... down a live bison is dangerous; Yellowstone wolves far more often target elk, which make up 85 percent ...
Bordered to the south by the Yellowstone and Lamar river basins, the Northern Range contains about 20 black bears for every ...
A project aimed at reducing wildlife-vehicle collisions in Montana's Paradise Valley, just north of Yellowstone National ...
In Yellowstone, the wolves’ main prey is elk. With fewer elk on the landscape, following wolf reintroduction, the “survival of the next lower trophic level” — in this case young aspen ...