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Contents

Abstract

Introduction

Study Area

Elk Population

Population Dynamics

Elk Habits

Effects on Habitats

Elk Management

Ecology

Discussion

Acknowledgements

Appendices

Bibliography





Research Report GRTE-N-1
The Elk of Grand Teton and Southern Yellowstone National Parks
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APPENDIX II
Average percent canopy cover and frequency of plants and bare ground area on a ridgetop elk concentration area and adjoining herbland slope. (*, less than 1 percent)

Plants Ridgetop
Ecotone1
Slope
ExclosureYG1 YG3YG4 YG5
Plots:17 1725 2525

Idaho fescue13/7615/5311/801/28
Slender wheatgrass4/354/3513/3210/7222/96
Bluegrass15/7619/887/842/483/28
Trisetum1/181/231/403/561/16
Needlegrass2/12****
Oniongrass

2/12
3/40
Alpine timothy
*1/20*
Tufted hairgrass

3/16

Mountain brome

*
4/36
Sedge

12/68
*
Other grass


1
Grass totals3539 501733

Dandelion68/10069/10040/10015/202/36
Cinquefoil17/10015/9439/10019/8010/52
Phlox5/592/3515/7715/96
Agoseris3/471/242/284/523/56
Yarrow8/765/658/7712/1005/52
Lupine4/291/61/8
18/92
Fleabane4/29*10/563/523/44
Elk thistle2/59



Parsley1/6

**
Hackelia*1/29

8/48
Chickweed
2/291/28

Plantain
*4/40
*
Buckwheat
*1/201/121/12
Astragalus

1/16

Tall larkspur



4/16
Other forbs13


Forb totals113991226954

Plant totals1481381728687

Bare soil1210266151

1 Adjoining slope ecotone with edge of mountain meadow type.








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