Grizzly bear predation links the loss of native trout to the demography of migratory elk in Yellowstone

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1762, 2013, Pages

  Middleton, Arthur D ^a   Morrison, Thomas A ^a   Fortin, Jennifer K ^b   Robbins, Charles T ^b   Proffitt, Kelly M ^c   White, P J ^d   Mcwhirter, Douglas E ^e   Koel, Todd M ^d   Brimeyer, Douglas G ^e   Fairbanks, W Sue ^f   Kauffman, Matthew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WILDLIFE AND PARKS   (United States)

^d NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^e WYOMING GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^f IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic subsidies; Cutthroat trout; Elk; Grizzly bears; Invasive species; Lake trout

Indexed keywords

BEAR; DEER; DEMOGRAPHY; HABITAT LOSS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; NATIVE SPECIES; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION GROWTH; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SALMONID; SPAWNING;

UNITED STATES; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

ANIMAL; BEAR; DEER; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; SALMONINE; SEASON; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; DEER; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEASONS; TROUT; URSIDAE; WYOMING;

EID: 84891498146     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.0870     Document Type: Article

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