Migration Patterns of the Sun River Elk Herd, Montana
Picton HD. 1960. Migration Patterns of the Sun River Elk Herd, Montana. The Journal of Wildlife Management. 24(3):279-290
A study of summer use of vegetative types and migration of the Sun River elk herd in Montana was conducted during 1957 and 1958. Of a total of 190 elk tagged and marked, 68 were relocated one to three times. Discussion of the usage of vegetative types was based upon observations of 2,544 elk seen during the summers of 1957 and 1958.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Picton, Harold
- Units
- GLAC
- Keywords
- Animal Studies, Douglas Fir, Elk, Grassland, Lodgepole Pine, Migration, Movement, Plant Studies, Subalpine barrens, subalpine forest, Subalpine forest-closed-canopy, Subalpine forest-open-canopy, Tagging, Vegetation