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Elk References

Legislation & Management Documents

2006. Disposition of surplus elk, buffalo, bear, beaver, and predatory animals In 16 US Code 36 (2006). Abstract
National Park Service. 2011. Brucellosis in Bison and Elk. Briefing Statement.
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Yellowstone Science

Barber, S. M., L. D. Mech, and P. J. White. 2005. Yellowstone elk calf mortality following wolf restoration: Bears remain top summer predators In Yellowstone Science. Vol. 13(3): 37–44.
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Harting, B. 1993. Dishrags and popcorn: The short perilous life of an elk calf (interview) In Yellowstone Science. Vol. 1.
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Henry, J. 1994. Bark eating by Yellowstone elk: Additional notes on a little-known food habit In Yellowstone Science. Vol. 2.
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Selected References

Beja-Pereira, A., B. Bricker, S. Chen, C. Almendra, P. J. White, and G. Luikart. 2009. DNA Genotyping Suggests that Recent Brucellosis Outbreaks in the Greater Yellowstone Area Originated from Elk. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 45(4):1174-1177. Abstract
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Borkowski, J. J., P. J. White, R. A. Garrott, T. Davis, A. R. Hardy, and D. J. Reinhart. 2006. Behavioral responses of bison and elk in Yellowstone to snowmobiles and snow coaches. Ecological Applications 16(5):1911-1925. Abstract
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Council, National Research. 2002. Ecological Dynamics on Yellowstone's Northern Range. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.
Garrott, R. A., P. J. White, and F. G. R. Watson. 2008. The Ecology of Large Mammals in Central Yellowstone: Sixteen Years of Integrated Field Studies In Terrestrial Ecology Series. London, UK: Academic Press, Elsevier.
Gese, E. M. and S. Grothe. 1995. Analysis of coyote predation on deer and elk during winter in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. American Midland Naturalist 133(1):36-43. Abstract
Hardy, A. R. 2001. Bison and elk responses to winter recreation in Yellowstone National Park. Vol. MS. Bozeman, MT: Montana State University.
Kreeger, T. J. 2002. Brucellosis in elk and bison in the Greater Yellowstone area. Cheyenne, WY: Wyoming Game and Fish Department for the Greater Yellowstone Interagency Brucellosis Committee. Abstract
White, P. J., K. M. Proffitt, L. D. Mech, S. B. Evans, J. A. Cunningham, and K. L. Hamlin. 2010. Migration of northern Yellowstone elk – implications of spatial structuring. Journal of Mammalogy 91:827-837.
Williams, E. S., M. W. Miller, T. J. Kreeger, R. H. Kahn, and E. T. Thorne. 2002. Chronic wasting disease of deer and elk: A review with recommendations for management. The Journal of Wildlife Management 66(3):551-563. Abstract

Internet Links

Robert Garrott, Professor, Department of Ecology, Montana State University. Montana State University.