Open AccessElk Movements, Habitat use, and Population Dynamics in Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Author(s) -
Lynn R. Irby,
Clayton B. Marlow,
Harold D. Picton,
Jerry Westfall
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
annual report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2693-2407
pISSN - 2693-2385
DOI - 10.13001/uwnpsrc.1988.2739
Subject(s) - ungulate , national park , habitat , geography , population , cervus elaphus , ecology , identification (biology) , ice calving , biology , archaeology , demography , pregnancy , genetics , lactation , sociology
Objectives: 1. Description of daily and seasonal movements of elk (Cervus elaphus); 2. Identification of seasonally important habitat types and physiographic character of areas used for feeding, cover, mating, and calving; 3. Identification of damage to Park resources or property of adjoining landowners by elk; 4. Description of interactions between elk and other ungulates and identification of interactions that could detrimentally affect specific ungulate species; 5. Determination of human impacts on elk behavior and distribution in the Park; and 6. Description of elk age structure, productivity, and survivorship during 1987-88 and development of population goals that are consistent with Park management goals.