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In 1970, American wolf expert, David Mech published The Wolf: The Ecology and Behavior of an Endangered Species (1970, 1981), an enlightening study of the wolf and its impact on its environment. [15] In 1978, when wildlife biologist John Weaver published his seminal study Wolves of Yellowstone , he concluded the report with the following ...
The Yellowstone Wolf Project started in 1995 and since it's become one of the most detailed studies of wolves the world. They also focus on studying the day-to-day life and social interactions of ...
The Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE) is one of the last remaining large, nearly intact ecosystems in the northern temperate zone of Earth. [1] It is located within the northern Rocky Mountains , in areas of northwestern Wyoming , southwestern Montana , and eastern Idaho , and is about 22 million acres (89,000 km 2 ). [ 2 ]
The reintroduction of wolves, an apex predator, has had important impacts on biodiversity within Yellowstone National Park. Through predation of elk populations, wolf reintroduction has coincided with an increase of new-growth vegetation among certain plants, such as aspen and willow trees, [ 20 ] which elk previously grazed upon at ...
For Yellowstone's dedicated wildlife watchers, a good look or photo of a wolf, grizzly — or especially an elusive wolverine or lynx — makes for a good day in the field.
A new study published Thursday in the journal Communications Biology found that a wolf infected by Toxoplasma gondii, a single-celled parasite that invades warm-blooded animals, was over 46 times ...
O-Six (named after the year of her birth). [3] was for several years [2010 - 2012] the dominant breeding female of the Lamar Canyon pack in Yellowstone National Park.Born in 2006 in the Agate Creek pack to Agate Creek Wolves #113M (born a Chief Joseph Wolf in 1997) and Wolf #472F (born a Druid Peak wolf in 2000), [4] [5] [6] she was principally known by the year of her birth. [7]
Yellowstone National Park is symbolic of the American West to many. It became the world’s first national park when President Ulysses Grant signed it into existence in 1872.