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North American elk : ecology and management /

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Elk of North America.
Other Authors: Toweill, Dale E., Thomas, Jack Ward, Metz, Daniel P.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Press, [2002]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Artiodactyla.
Ecology.
Conservation of Natural Resources.
United States.
Canada.
Table of Contents:
  • Taxonomy
  • Distribution: past and present
  • Elk and Indians: then again
  • Physical and physiological adaptations
  • Nutrition and food
  • Diseases and parasites
  • Adaptive behavioral strategies
  • Elk interactions with other ungulates
  • Population characteristics
  • Migration
  • Elk and ecosystem management
  • Elk habitat selection and evaluation
  • Elk and land management
  • Refuges and elk management
  • Supplemental feeding and farming of elk
  • Hunting red deer and elk : old and new worlds
  • Recreational use of elk
  • Regulating the hunt
  • The future of elk and management