The worlds first national park, Yellowstone is a symbol of natures enduring majesty and the paradigm of protected areas across the globe.

Table of Contents

• Foreword - Edward O. Wilson
• BACKGROUND AND CONCEPTS
• 1 Ecological Process Management - P. J. White, Robert A. Garrott, and Glenn E. Plumb
• 2 Understanding the Past: The History of Wildlife and Resource Management in the Greater Yellowstone Area - S. Thomas Olliff, Paul Schullery, Glenn E. Plumb, and Lee H. Whittlesey
• 3 Scale and Perception in Resource Management: Integrating Scientific Knowledge - Matthew S. Becker, Robert A. Garrott, and P. J. White
• POPULATION DYNAMICS AND INTERACTIONS AMONG SPECIES
• 4 Population Dynamics: Influence of Resources and Other Factors on Animal Density - P.J. White and Kerry A. Gunther
• 5 Predation: Wolf Restoration and the Transition of Yellowstone Elk - P.J. White and Robert A. Garrott
• 6 Competition and Symbiosis: The Indirect Effects of Predation - Robert A. Garrott, Daniel R. Stahler, and P. J. White
• 7 Omnivory and the Terrestrial Food Web: Yellowstone Grizzly Bear Diets - Charles C. Schwartz, Mark A. Haroldson, Kerry A. Gunther, and Charles T. Robbins
• COMMUNITIES AND LANDSCAPE-SCALE PROCESSES
• 8 Natural Disturbance Dynamics: Shaping the Yellowstone Landscape - David B. McWethy, Wyatt F. Cross, Colden V. Baxter, Cathy Whitlock, and Robert E. Gresswell
• 9 Climate and Vegetation Phenology: Predicting the Effects of Warming Temperatures - Christopher C. Wilmers, Karthik Ram, Fred G. R. Watson, P. J. White, Douglas W. Smith, and Taal Levi
• 10 Migration and Dispersal: Key Processes for Conserving National Parks - P. J. White, Glenn E. Plumb, Rick L. Wallen, and Lisa M. Baril
• 11 Have Wolves Restored Riparian Willows in Northern Yellowstone? - N. Thompson Hobbs and David J. Cooper
• 12 Assessing the Effects of Climate Change and Wolf Restoration on Grassland Processes - Douglas A. Frank, Rick L. Wallen, and P. J. White
• INVASIVE, NON-NATIVE SPECIES
• 13 Altered Processes and the Demise of Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout in Yellowstone Lake - Robert E. Gresswell and Lusha M. Tronstad
• 14 Balancing Bison Conservation and Risk Management of the Non-Native Disease Brucellosis - John J. Treanor, P. J. White, and Rick L. Wallen
• 15 Exotic Fungus Acts with Natural Disturbance Agents to Alter Whitebark Pine Communities - S. Thomas Olliff, Roy A. Renkin, Daniel P. Reinhart, Kristin L. Legg, and Emily M. Wellington
• CONCLUSION
• 16 The Future of Ecological Process Management - P. J. White, Robert A. Garrott, and Glenn E. Plumb
• Reference List
• Acknowledgments
• Contributors