Documentary record of wolves and related wildlife species in the Yellowstone National Park area prior to 1882
Schullery P and Whittlesey LH. 1992. Documentary record of wolves and related wildlife species in the Yellowstone National Park area prior to 1882. Yellowstone National Park, WY
Since early in this century, numerous opinions have been expressed about the abundance of large mammals in the park and surrounding areas, now know as the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. More recently, public dialogue has focused more specifically on whether or not wolves and their prey, especially ungulates were abundant or even present prior to the establishment of the park in 1872. This paper briefly reviews the paleoecological and archeological record of large mammal presence, and exhaustively reviews the historical record of mammal presence and abundance prior to 1882.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Schullery, Paul; Whittlesey, Lee
- Date of Issue
- 1992
- Units
- YELL
- Keywords
- Animal Studies, Distribution, Ecosystems, Gray Wolf (Canis lupus), History, Hunting, Mammals, Population, Wolverine (Gulo gulo), Wolves (Canidae)