Paleozoological data suggest euroamerican settlement did not displace ursids and North American elk from lowlands to highlands

Environmental Management

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 899-906

  Lee Lyman, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeographic displacement; Eastern Washington State; Extirpation; North American elk; Paleozoology; Ursids

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHIC DISPLACEMENT; EXTIRPATION; NORTH AMERICAN; PALEOZOOLOGY; URSIDS; WASHINGTON STATE;

FORESTRY; LANDFORMS; MAMMALS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BIOGEOGRAPHY; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; MAMMAL; RECOLONIZATION; TAXONOMY; ZOOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BEAR; BIOGEOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FOREST; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MAMMAL; NATIVE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PALEONTOLOGY; RED DEER; SPECIES HABITAT; SPECIES TRANSLOCATION; TAXONOMY; UNITED STATES; ZOOLOGY;

ANIMALS; DEER; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; URSIDAE; WASHINGTON;

BIOLOGICAL POPULATIONS; DISPLACEMENT; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; MAMMALS; MOUNTAINS; NORTH AMERICA; STATISTICS; ZOOLOGY;

COLUMBIA BASIN;

CERVUS ELAPHUS; MAMMALIA; URSIDAE; URSUS AMERICANUS; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 79959377077     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-011-9667-7     Document Type: Article

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