Bison References & Links

Briefing Statement, Brucellosis in Bison and Elk (PDF)

Briefing Statement, Interagency Bison Management Plan (PDF)

Briefing Statement, Park-wide Remote Delivery of Brucellosis Vaccine for Bison (PDF)

Enhancing Brucellosis Vaccines, Vaccine Delivery, and Surveillance Diagnostics for Elk and Bison in the Greater Yellowstone Area (PDF)

Interagency Bison Management Plan for the State of Montana and Yellowstone National Park: A Status Review of Adaptive Management Elements (PDF)

Record of Decision for Final Environmental Impact Statement and Bison Management Plan (PDF)

Summary Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Interagency Bison Management Plan for the State of Montana and Yellowstone National Park (Link)

Boyce, M. S. Brucellosis and the future of Greater Yellowstone, 3:1

Franke, M. A. Do groomed roads increase bison mileage? 13:4

Hare, H. Right of way: a bison encounter, 10:2

Meagher, M. (interview). The biology of time, 5:2

Olliff, T., and J. Caslick. Wildlife–human conflicts in Yellowstone, 11:1

Pickering, R. (book review by). To Save the Wild Bison, by M.A. Franke, 13:4

Varley, N., and Wyman, T. Grizzly bear predation on a bison calf, 9:3

Wyman, T. Grizzly bear attacks bull bison, 9:3

Aune, K., T. Roffe, J. Rhyan, J. Mack, and W. Clark. 1998. Preliminary results on home range, movements, reproduction and behavior of female bison in northern Yellowstone National Park. In L. Irby and J. Knight, eds. International symposium on bison ecology and management in North America. Bozeman, Mont.: Montana State University. 161-70

Beja-Pereira, A., B. Bricker, S. Chen, C. Almendra, P.J. White, 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. (PDF)

Boyd, D. P. 2003. Conservation of North American bison: status and recommendations. M.S. thesis, Faculty of Environmental Design, University of Calgary, Alberta.

Caslick, J., and E. Caslick. 2006. Aggressive behavior and food-begging by wildlife in Yellowstone: a summary of incidents, 2000–2005. March 15, 2006. 59 pp.

Cheville, N. F., D. R. McCullough, and L. R. Paulson. 1998. Brucellosis in the Greater Yellowstone Area. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press

Cross, P.C., E.K. Cole, A.P. Dobson, W.H. Edwards, K.L. Hamlin, G. Luikart, A.D. Middleton, B.M. Scurlock, P.J. White. 2010. Probable causes of increasing brucellosis in free-ranging elk of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Ecological Applications 20(1) 278-288. (PDF)

Franke, M. A. 2005. To Save the Wild Bison: Life on the Edge in Yellowstone. Norman, Okla.: University of Oklahoma.

Gates, C. C., B. Stelfox, T. Muhly, T. Chowns,and R. J. Hudson. 2005. The ecology of bison movements and distribution in and beyond Yellowstone National Park. a critical review with implications for winter use and transboundary population management. Calgary, Alberta: Faculty of Environ­mental Design, University of Calgary. (Link)

Hobbs, N.T., R. Wallen, J. Treanor, C. Geremia, and P.J. White. 2009. A stochastic population model of the Yellowstone bison population. Yellowstone National Park. Wyo.: National Park Service, Yellowstone Center for Resources. (PDF)

Irby, L., and J. Knight. 1998. International Symposium on Bison Ecology and Management in North America. Montana State Univ., Bozeman. 395 pp.

Isenberg, A. C. 2000. The destruction of the bison: an environmental history, 1750–1920. Boston: Cambridge University Press.

Kirkpatrick, J. F., D. F. Gudermuth, R. L. Flagan, J. C. McCarthy, and B. L. Lasley. 1993. Remote monitoring of ovulation and pregnancy of Yellowstone bison. Journal of Wildlife Management 57:407–12.

Knowles, C., C. Mitchell, and M. Fox. Trends in bison management. 1998. In L. R. Irby and J. R. Knight, eds., Proceedings of the International Symposium on Bison Ecology and Management. Bozeman, Mont.: Montana State University. 244-50

Kreeger, T. J., editor. 2002. Brucellosis in elk and bison in the Greater Yellowstone Area.  National symposium proceedings, Wyoming Game and Fish Department, Cheyenne, WY. 171 pp.

Lott, D. F. 2002. American bison: a natural history. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press.

McHugh, T. 1972. The time of the buffalo. New York: Knopf.

Meagher, M. 1973. The bison of Yellowstone National Park. National Park Service, Washington, D. C. Government Printing Office,Scientific Monographs 1.

_____. 1986. Bison bison. Mammalian Species. 266:1–8.

Meagher, M., M. L. Taper, and C. L. Jerde. 2002. Recent changes in population distribution: the Pelican bison and the domino effect. Pages 135–147 in Anderson, R.J., and D. Harmon, eds., Yellowstone Lake: Hotbed of Chaos or Reservoir of Resilience? Proceedings of the 6th Biennial Scientific Conference on the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. October 8–10, 2001, Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel, Yellowstone National Park. Yellowstone National Park, Wyo., and Hancock, Mich.: Yellowstone Center for Resources and The George Wright Society. (PDF)

Plumb, G.E., P.J. White, M.B. Coughenour, R.L. Wallen. 2009. Carrying capacity, migration, and dispersal in Yellowstone bison. Biological Conservation 142(11):2377-2387. (PDF)

Proffitt, K.M., P.J. White, R.A. Garrott. 2010. Spatio-temporal overlap between Yellowstone bison and elk – implications of wolf restoration and other factors for brucellosis transmission risk. Journal of Applied Ecology 47(2):281-289. (PDF)

Reynolds, H. W., C. C. Gates, and R. D. Glaholt. 2003. Bison. In G. A. Feldhammer, B. C. Thompson, and J. A. Chapman, eds., Wild mammals of North America: biology, management, and conservation. 2nd edition. Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press. 1009-60

Schullery, P., and L. Whittlesey. 2006. Greater Yellowstone bison distribution and abundance in the early historical period. Pages 135–140 in A. Wondrak Biel, ed., Greater Yellowstone Public Lands: A Century of Discovery, Hard Lessons, and Bright Prospects. Proceedings of the 8th Biennial Scientific Conference on the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. October 17–19, 2005, Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel, Yellowstone National Park. Yellowstone National Park, Wyo.: Yellowstone Center for Resources. (PDF)

Smith, D. W., D. R. Stahler, and D. S. Guernsey. Yellowstone Wolf Proj­ect: annual report 2005. Yellowstone National Park. Wyo.: National Park Service, Yellowstone Center for Resources.

U.S. Department of the Interior (USDOI), National Park Service, and U.S. Department of Agri­culture (USDA), Forest Service. 2000a. Bison management for the state of Montana and Yellowstone National Park, Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Interagency Bison Management Plan for the State of Montana and Yellowstone National Park. Vol. 1. August 2000.

_____, 2000b. Record of decision for the final environmental impact statement and bison management plan for the state of Montana and Yellowstone National Park. December 2000.

Wilson, D. E., and D. M. Reeder. eds., 1993. Mammal species of the world. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institu­tion Press.

 

NPS Yellowstone Photographs (Public Domain): Bison

Official Yellowstone Website: Bison