Download or read book Elk Winter Habitat Selection and Movements in the Buffalo Valley of Wyoming with Respect to Habitat Treatments and Supplemental Feeding written by Francis Drew Henry and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Carryover Effects of Winter Feeding on Migration Habitat Selection and Foraging Ecology of Elk in Western Wyoming written by Jennifer D. Jones and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Resource distribution on ungulate seasonal ranges is commonly altered without consideration of potential carryover effects on year-round foraging strategies. Supplemental feeding of temperate ungulates is a widespread management practice that manipulates forage resources and has potential to enhance nutritional condition and influence behavior. We tested the hypothesis that winter feeding enhances the nutritional condition of migratory elk, with carryover effects that influence migration and summer foraging strategies. We used global positioning system location data and behavioral observations of 230 adult, female elk (Cervus elaphus) that used feedgrounds (n=151) or native winter range (n=79) in western Wyoming. Attendance at feedgrounds slightly enhanced the nutritional condition of fed elk, with an average of 1.22% more body fat than unfed elk. Migration behavior differed with fed elk arriving on summer range later and leaving earlier, resulting in 26 fewer days on summer range. Fed elk occupied summer ranges that were 75% smaller than unfed elk, and while resource selection was similar, fed elk showed less selection for foraging habitats and displayed a weaker fluctuation in their hourly use of forest than unfed elk. In contrast to differences found at broad scale habitat use, winter feeding did not carryover to influence fine scale time budgets of fed and unfed elk. Our findings suggest that alteration of resources, including anthropogenic manipulations, can be strong and consistent enough to generate carryover effects on the migration behavior and year-round foraging strategies of temperate, migratory ungulates with implications for management actions.

Download or read book Commencement written by Iowa State University and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Movements and Forest Habitat Selection of Elk in the Southeast Bighorn Mountains written by Beau A. Patterson and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Seasonal Habitat Selection and Movements of the Spotted Bear Elk Herd written by Dean Edwin Biggins and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Winter Habitat Selection and Use by a Western Montana Elk Herd written by Robert C. Beall and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author evaluated winter habitat selection by a western Montana Rocky Mountain elk herd in the Sapphire Mountains from June 1969 to March 1973 in order to determine interactions between elk activities with their winter environment. The author makes conclusions regarding snow, meteorological conditions, radiation conditions, ambient air temperature, and logging on elk response.

Download or read book The Elk of North America written by Olaus J. Murie and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2017-09-15 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an outstanding treatise on one of America’s most widely hunted and most important big-game animals. Although thousands of sportsmen take to the field each year in quest of trophies, the perpetuation of elk hunting in America depends entirely upon proper management of the herds. Whether management succeeds or fails in future years will depend upon how well the public understands the problems of the game administrators and of the animals themselves. Everything the sportsman or naturalist would wish to know about the elk in included in this new volume. Habits, food preferences, seasonal movements, anatomy, antler development, and management problems are interestingly and thoroughly discussed. Written by one of America’s greatest field naturalists, this new book has behind it a lifetime spent in intimate study of the subject. Dr. Murie is recognized as the world’s foremost authority on the American elk and his comprehensive research on elk in the Jackson Hole National Monument forms the basis for this book. Everyone interested in America’s wildlife will want this volume in his library. The book is copiously illustrated with half-tone and original line drawings by the author.

Download or read book Problems of Habitat Management for Deer and Elk in the Northern Forests written by L. Jack Lyon and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Habitat effectiveness Index for Elk on Blue Mountain Winter Ranges written by and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Winter Habitat Selection by Elk in Northwestern Montana written by Milo Burcham and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Influence of Migratory and Resident Elk Movements on Seasonal Wolf Habitat Selection and Depredation Patterns written by Abigail A. Nelson and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Human conflict is a unique and persistent driver of management and conservation of large mammalian carnivores. Understanding these conflicts in space and time can assist in appropriate decision-making as managers seek to balance the population viability of carnivore species with management that curbs carnivore impacts on human livelihoods. The patchy distribution of prey-rich habitat across landscapes influences abundance and movements of wolves; however, many ungulate populations are partially migratory, and it is unclear how wolves respond behaviorally to the seasonal movements of migratory versus nonmigratory prey. In this context, wolf selection for prey-rich habitat can influence seasonal encounter rates and thus depredation rates on domestic livestock. In this study, conducted in northwest Wyoming, USA, we use three years of fine-scale wolf (n = 14) and elk (n = 70) movement information to evaluate the influence of elk distribution and other landscape features on wolf habitat selection and patterns of depredation on domestic livestock.

Download or read book Elk Management in the Northern Region written by Alan G. Christensen and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Using Expert Opinion to Evaluate a Habitat Effectiveness Model for Elk in Western Oregon and Washington written by Richard S. Holthausen and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Seasonal Distribution and Habitat Use Patterns of Elk in the Jack Morrow Hills Planning Area Wyoming written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study was designed to identify and describe the distribution and habitat selection patterns of the Steamboat elk herd before mineral development, such that subsequent comparisons can be made if or when development occurs. The JMH Planning Area encompasses approximately 972 square miles in southwest Wyoming and the study area includes portions of 3 counties (Fremont, Sweetwater, and Sublette), 5 Areas of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC) (Steamboat Mountain, Greater Sand Dunes, White Mountain Petroglyphs, Oregon Buttes, and South Pass Historic Landscape), and 7 Wilderness Study Areas (WSA) (Oregon Buttes, Honeycomb Buttes, Greater Sand Dunes, Buffalo Hump, Whitehorse Creek, South Pinnacles, and Alkali Draw). The study area contains a variety of minerals, including potash, gold, coal, oil shale, oil, natural gas, and coalbed methane. While the existing mineral development is limited, the potential for increased oil and gas development is high.

Download or read book Movements Home ranges and Habitat Selection of Elk on the Pueblo of Acoma Reservation Westcentral sic New Mexico written by Kyle Vásquez Tator and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Summer Habitat Preference and Vegetation Utilization of Elk in the Snowy Range Medicine Bow National Forest Wyoming written by Robert J. Hohl and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Summer fall Movements Migrations Seasonal Ranges and Habitat Selection of the Middle Fork Elk Herd written by Carey Stanton Smith and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: