Knowing Yellowstone
Subtitle: science in America's first national park
By: Jerry Johnson, editor
Publisher: Taylor Trade Pub.; Distributed by National Book Network
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Lanham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 159
ISBN-13: 9781589795228
Subjects: Wildlife management; Nature conservation; Ecosystem management; Research
Description: Visitors to Yellowstone National Park are drawn to the spectacular scenery, unique thermal features, and the large numbers of wild animals easily observed in their natural habitat. The thoughtful visitor to the park cannot help but be captivated by the unparalleled breadth of scientific knowledge needed to understand the intricate interrelationships that make up the yellowstone landscape. Knowing Yellowstone explores how scientists discover what they know about America's first national park and the surrounding lands. The chapter authors are scientists who represent the best of their fields of study. The science they describe is leading the way to our understanding of complex ecosystems worldwide.
Table of contents: title: Thinking big about the greater Yellowstone / Andy Hansen; title: Mapping the last frontier in Yellowstone National Park : Yellowstone Lake / Lisa A. Morgan, W.C. Pat Shanks; title: Using Yellowstone's past to understand the future / Cathy Whitlock; title: Understanding grizzlies : science of the interagency grizzly bear study team / Charles C. Schwartz, Mark A. Haroldson, Kerry A. Gunther; title: Interactions between wolves and elk in the Yellowstone ecosystem / Scott Creel; title: Brucellosis in cattle, bison, and elk : management conflicts in a society with diverse values / Paul C. Cross ... [et al.]; title: Fisheries science and management in the greater Yellowstone ecosystem : ensuring good fishing by preserving healthy ecosystems / Alexander V. Zale; title: If you can't measure it, you can't manage it : an ecological approach to weed management / Bruce D. Maxwell, Lisa J. Rew; title: Yellowstone extremeophiles : the life of heat-loving microbes / Mark Young, Jennifer Fulton; title: The science of storytelling : policy marketing and wicked problems in the greater Yellowstone ecosystem / Elizabeth A. Shanahan, Mark K. McBeth.