Home Ranges and Activity Patterns of Nonmigratory Elk of the Madison Drainage Herd as Determined by Biotelemetry
Craighead JJ, Craighead FC, Ruff RL, O'Gara BW. 1973. Home Ranges and Activity Patterns of Nonmigratory Elk of the Madison Drainage Herd as Determined by Biotelemetry. Wildlife Monographs. 33:1-50
discusses the movements of elk between summer and winter ranges, usually to satisfy nutritional requirements. One objective of the study was to determine the movements and activities of individuals and segments of this herd of approximately 500 elk (winter estimate). They hypothesized that if the elk were nonmigratory, they would have well-defined home ranges; if migratory, they would exhibit seasonal ranges connected by migratory corridors. A second objective was to record activity patterns of elk and relate those patterns of elk and relate those patterns to habitat use and home ranges. A third objective was to identify factors limiting the populatioon. In order to pursue these objectives, they captured cow elk and individually color marked some and instrumented others with radios.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Craighead, John; Craighead, Frank; Ruff, Robert; O'Gara, Bartholomew
- Units
- YELL
- Keywords
- Animal Studies, Behavior, Capture, Climate, Distribution, Ecology, Elk(Cervus elaphus), Feeding, Food, Mammals, Management, Migration, Nutrition, Population, Radio Telemetry, Range, Tagging, Weather, Winter