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Yellowstone National Park
Historic Bison Study

The Bison of Yellowstone National Park

Margaret Mary Meagher
Research Biologist
National Park Service

National Park Service
Scientific Monograph Series
Number One
1973

The Bison of Yellowstone National Park
-An Historic Document from 1973-

Full Document - 4.3MB pdf
Habits - 675KB pdf
Contents - 174KB pdf Habitat Relationships - 728KB pdf
Introduction - 54KB pdf Population Regulation - 86KB pdf
The Study Area - 378KB pdf Appendices - 479KB pdf
The Bison Population - 625KB pdf References & Index - 178KB pdf
General Characteristics - 453KB pdf
Fire in Yellowstone Pineland in 1988  

Did You Know?
The 1988 fires affected 793,880 acres or 36 percent of the park. Five fires burned into the park that year from adjacent public lands. The largest, the North Fork Fire, started from a discarded cigarette. It burned more than 410,000 acres.

Last Updated: August 09, 2006 at 16:53 EST