Spatial fidelity of skeletal remains: Elk wintering and calving grounds revealed by bones on the Yellowstone landscape

Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2474-2482

  Miller, Joshua H ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation paleobiology; Ecological baselines; Landscape use; Noninvasive survey methods; Taphonomy; Yellowstone National Park

Indexed keywords

BASELINE CONDITIONS; BREEDING SITE; CARNIVORE; DEER; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; PALEOBIOLOGY; SKELETAL REMAINS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TAPHONOMY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BONE; DEER; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HORN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SEASON; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTLERS; BONE AND BONES; DEER; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; MALE; MONTANA; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; SEASONS; WYOMING;

UNITED STATES; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 84869178310     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-0272.1     Document Type: Article

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