elk effects, science, and policy conflict
Edición de la obra Yellowstone's destabilized ecosystem
| Autor | Frederic H. Wagner |
|---|---|
| Editorial | Oxford University Press |
| Fecha de publicación | 2006 |
| Lugar | Oxford, New York |
| Idioma | inglés |
| Páginas | 371 |
| ISBN-13 | 9780195148213 |
| ISBN-10 | 0195148215 |
| OCLC | 60742004 |
| LCCN | 2005017301 |
| Número de Cutter |
W132y"The beloved Yellowstone National Park underwent a management shift in 1969 that drastically altered its landscape. This book comes at a time when scientific results are sometimes withheld so that they do not challenge policy positions. The author charges that Yellowstone-supported research has produced a faulty ecological paradigm, whether consciously or not, in order to maintain status quo of the Park's "natural-regulation" policy." "Wagner's ecosystem model of the Park's northern range focuses on a low-elevation region of the Park where a large herd of Rocky Mountain elk winters. His study spans 132 years of ecological, hydrologic, archaeological, photographic, and historic evidence and synthesizes the herd's impact over time."--Jacket.