Yellowstone's Destabilized Ecosystem Elk Effects, Science, and Policy Conflict
, by Wagner, Frederic H.; Hamilton, Wayne L.; Keigley, Richard B.Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780195148213 | 0195148215
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 5/25/2006
"The beloved Yellowstone National Park underwent a management shift in 1969 that drastically altered its landscape. This book comes at a time when scientific results are sometimes withheld so that they do not challenge policy positions. The author charges that Yellowstone-supported research has produced a faulty ecological paradigm, whether consciously or not, in order to maintain status quo of the Park's "natural-regulation" policy." "Wagner's ecosystem model of the Park's northern range focuses on a low-elevation region of the Park where a large herd of Rocky Mountain elk winters. His study spans 132 years of ecological, hydrologic, archaeological, photographic, and historic evidence and synthesizes the herd's impact over time."--BOOK JACKET.