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  • Trophic cascades and large mammals in the Yellowstone ecosystem

    Creator:
    Painter, Luke E.
    Abstract:
    Reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone National Park (YNP) in 1995-96 provided a rare opportunity to observe the response of an ecosystem to the return of a top predator, including possible reversal of decades of decline of aspen, cottonwood, and tall willows suppressed by intensive herbivory on elk winter ranges. To...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
    Full Text:
    herbivory on elk winter ranges. To investigate changes in aspen stands in northern Yellowstone since the