Wildlife disease in US National Parks: Historical and coevolutionary perspectives
Aguirre AA and Starkey EE. 1994. Wildlife disease in US National Parks: Historical and coevolutionary perspectives. Conservation Biology. 8(3):654-661
Diseases of wildlife have significant management implications in a number of lands of the U.S. National Park Service due to increasing interactions between wildlife and domestic animals. The paleontology, history, and coevolution of infectious diseases in North American ungulates is reviewed. Two examples are provided related to bovine brucellosis in bison in Yellowstone and lung-worm-pneumonia complex in bighorn sheep in several western national parks. These examples illustrate the difficulty of managing wild populations and their diseases in national parks and other protected areas. In some instances, human intervention may be justifiable in order to protect native populations, domestic animals, and humans from acquiring a disease.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Aguirre, A.; Starkey, Edward
- Units
- BICA , DEVA , FLFO , GRTE , LAKE , ROMO , YELL
- Keywords
- absence, Animal Studies, Artiodactyla (Even-Toed Ungulates), Biodiversity, Bovidae (Bovids), Brucellosis, Disease, General Wildlife Health Studies, History, Lungworm, lung-worm pneumonia, Mammalia, Paleontology, Presence, Resources Management, Ungulates