Comparative effects of elk herbivory and 1988 fires on northern Yellowstone National Park grasslands
Singer FJ and Harter MK. 1996. Comparative effects of elk herbivory and 1988 fires on northern Yellowstone National Park grasslands. Ecological Applications. 6(1):185-199
A study of elk-grassland dynamics on the Blacktail Plateau following the burning of 25% of the study area in 1988 showed grazing of the grasslands buy elk prior to the fires did not result in warmer, dryer or less productive bunchgrass communities. Elk herbivory resulted in more ecosystem effects for elk than burning did. Effects of the fires on the study sites were relatively minor.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Singer, Francis; Harter, M
- Units
- YELL
- Keywords
- Animal Studies, Blacktail Plateau, Ecosystems, Elk (Cervus elaphus), FIRE, Fire Ecology, Food, Grassland, Grazing, Idaho fescue (Festuca idahoensis), Koeleria macrantha, Nitrogen (N), Northern Range, Nutrition, Pseudoroegneria spicata