Research Report GRTE-N-1: The Elk of Grand Teton and Southern Yellowstone National Parks
Cole GF. 1969. Research Report GRTE-N-1: The Elk of Grand Teton and Southern Yellowstone National Parks. Fauna of the National Parks of the United States Series. GRTE-N-1. National Park Service
A 5-year field study was conducted in and adjacent to Grand Teton and southern Yellowstone National Parks. Objectives were to obtain reference information the habits , population dynamics, an ecology of elk; and evaluate management programs. The two parks provided spring, summer and fall habitat for the greater portion of the studied elk population which wintered in the National Elk Refuge immediately south of Grand Teton. The study area extended about 55 miles northward from the refuge's south boundary into the mountain and plateau regions of southern Yellowstone Park. Vegetation on the area was classified. Successional relationships were diagrammed.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Cole, Glen
- Date of Issue
- 1969
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- GRTE , HIST , YELL
- Keywords
- Animal Behavior, Animal Studies, Breeding, Distribution, Ecology, ehistory, Elk (Cervus elaphus), Environment, Feeding, Food, Grand Teton National Park, Habitats, Mammals, Management, Migration, Mortality, National Elk Refuge, Natural Resource Management, Plants, Population, Population Dynamics, Ungulates, Vegetation, Vegetation Types, WY, WY, Yellowstone National Park