Yellowstone after Wolves

By Douglas W. Smith, R. Peterson, D. Houston. 2003

360 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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In Ecology

1. W. Ripple
2. R. Beschta
3. Mark Hebblewhite
4. M. Boyce
5. Evelyn H. Merrill
6. D. Fortin
7. S. Creel
8. Jacqui Frair

In Nature and Landscape Conservation

1. W. Ripple
2. R. Beschta
3. M. Boyce
4. Evelyn H. Merrill
5. Mark Hebblewhite
6. D. Fortin
7. Jacqui Frair
8. S. Creel

Citations in the corpus

• HUMAN ACTIVITY MEDIATES A TROPHIC CASCADE CAUSED BY WOLVES (2005, background): “1 where humans, wolves, elk, aspen, willow, and riparian songbirds represent a simplified trophic interactions model (see also Smith et al. 2003).”
• Large predators and trophic cascades in terrestrial ecosystems of the western United States (2009, background): “With the reintroduction of wolves into Yellowstone in the mid1990s, that ecosystem once again supported its full array of large predators (Smith et al., 2003).”
• What best explains vigilance in elk: characteristics of prey, predators, or the environment? (2008, background): “Elk, numbering from 12 000 to 14 000 animals, are the most numerous ungulate on the site (Smith et al. 2004), followed by bison (Bison bison), numbering 600–700 animals (Smith et al. 2003).”
• Forecasting Environmental Hazards and the Application of Risk Maps to Predator Attacks on Livestock (2011, background): “Predators play essential roles in ecosystems by exerting direct and indirect control of the numbers of herbivores and smaller predators, which in turn influence vast food webs (Estes et al. 1998, Terborgh et al. 2001, Smith et al. 2003, Ripple and Beschta 2004, Berger J 2007, Wallach et al. 2010).”
• Interference competition between gray wolves and coyotes in Yellowstone National Park (2009, background): “The NR of YNP is a unique north temperate grassland, where high grassland productivity supports high densities of ungulates (Smith et al. 2003).”
• Wolves and the Ecology of Fear: Can Predation Risk Structure Ecosystems? (2004, background): “…1978, Smith et al. 2003); (b) annual elk numbers (indicated with diamond shapes) for the northern range herd (Houston 1982, YNP 1997, Barmore 2003, Smith et al. 2003); (c) relative recruitment of woody browse species (Barmore 2003, Beschta 2003, Larsen and Ripple 2003); and (d) relative numbers…”
• ANDEAN LAND USE AND BIODIVERSITY: HUMANIZED LANDSCAPES IN A TIME OF CHANGE (2009, background): “Predators can exert top-down influences with landscape consequences (Ripple et al., 2001; Smith et al., 2003; Schmitz, 2008).”
• Influence of harvest, climate and wolf predation on Yellowstone elk, 1961‐2004 (2005, neutral): “…are preyed upon by more predator species than most other elk populations (i.e. humans, wolves, coyotes, cougars, black bears, and grizzly bears; Smith et al. 2003); and 2) since the mid-1980s the abundance of cougars and grizzly bears has also increased (Murphy 1998, Schwartz and Haroldson…”
• Noninvasive sampling and genetic variability, pack structure, and dynamics in an expanding wolf population (2014, background): “Thus, appropriate conservation projects and management strategies must be established, based on sound information on wolf biology and ecology (Chapron et al. 2003; Smith et al. 2003).”
• Factors influencing female home range sizes in elk (Cervus elaphus) in North American landscapes (2005, background): “The density of wolves in the northern winter range is nearly seven times higher than elsewhere in the park (Smith et al. 2003).”