Ecology of the Tule Elk Range, Point Reyes National Seashore
Gogan PJ. 1986. Ecology of the Tule Elk Range, Point Reyes National Seashore. University of California, Berkeley
Extensive document describing research on the reintroduced Tule Elk on Tomales Point. Analyzed the vegetation (vegetation types, standing crop, annual productivity), population growth of the elk herd (with comparison to another herd at Grizzly Island, Solano County), health (copper deficiency, paratuberculosis, cleft palate, antler anomalies, and general nutritional deficits), social behavior, black-tailed deer density, grassland rodent population density, habitat suitability for deer and elk, estimates of carrying capacity for elk.
- Type
- Academic
- Authors
- Gogan, Peter
- Date of Issue
- 1986
- Publisher
- University of California, Berkeley
- Units
- PORE
- Keywords
- Animal Studies, Carrying Capacity, Copper (Cu), deformities (morphologic), Diet, Dissertation, Grassland, Habitat Suitability, Health, Johne's disease (Mycobacterium paratuberculosis), Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus), Nutrition, Population Density, Rodents (Rodentia), Social Behavior, Tule Elk (Cervus elaphus nannodes), Vegetation