Behavioral responses of bison and elk in yellowstone to snowmobiles and snow coaches

Ecological Applications

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1911-1925

  Borkowski, John J ^a   White, P J ^b   Garrott, Robert A ^a   Davis, Troy ^b   Hardy, Amanda R ^a   Reinhart, Daniel J ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Akaike information criterion (AIC); Behavior; Bison; Bison bison; Cervus elaphus; Elk; Multinomial logits regression; Recreation; Snowmobile; USA; Winter; Yellowstone National Park

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DEER; HABITUATION; LOGISTICS; NATURAL RESOURCE; PARK MANAGEMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; UNGULATE; VIGILANCE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BUFFALO; DEER; MOTOR VEHICLE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BISON; DEER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTANA; OFF-ROAD MOTOR VEHICLES; SEASONS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

ANIMALIA; BISON; BISON BISON; CERVUS ELAPHUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 33749558919     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: 10510761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2006)016[1911:BROBAE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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