INTEGRATED ECOLOGICAL SCIENCE IN CENTRAL YELLOWSTONE

 

 

Robert A. Garrott

 

Fred Watson

 

Patrick White

 

 

Integrated Science in Central Yellowstone

 

 

 

Publications and Products

 

29 papers published in peer-reviewed journals, 9 manuscripts pending

 

Submitted manuscripts In Review

Gude, J.A., R.A. Garrott, J.J. Borkowski, and F. King. Prey risk allocation in a grazing ecosystem. Ecological Applications

Jaffe, R.M., R.A. Garrott, and J.J. Borkowski. Winter wolf predation in an elk-bison system. Animal Behaviour.

Borkowski, J.J., R.M. Jaffe, R.A. Garrott, and S. Creel. Estimation of predator kill rates using imperfect data. Animal Behavior.

Bergman, E.J., R.A. Garrott, S. Creel, J.J. Borkowski, and R.M. Jaffe. Assessment of prey vulnerability through analysis of wolf movements and kill sites. Ecological Applications.

Messer, A., R.A. Garrott, F.R.D. Watson, S. Cherry, and P.J. White. Examining large herbivore distribution mechanism using fine-scale snowpack data. Landscape Ecology.

Garrott, R.A., J.A. Gude, E.J. Bergman, C.N. Gower, P.J. White, and K.L. Hamlin. Generalizing wolf impacts across the Greater Yellowstone area: a cautionary note. Conservation Biology.

Garrott, R.A., and S. Kalinowski. A model for population dynamics among elk, bison, and wolves. Ecological Applications.

Watson, F.G.R., T.N. Anderson, W.B. Newman, S.E. Alexander, and R.A. Garrott. Sampling spatial snowpack dynamics in a heterogeneous landscape. Journal of Hydrology.

Watson, F.G.R., T.N. Anderson, W.B. Newman, S.E. Alexander, and R.A. Garrott. Modeling spatial snowpack dynamics in a heterogeneous landscape. Journal of Hydrology.

 

 

Peer-reviewed manuscripts In Press

 

 

 

Peer-reviewed Journal Publications

 

Kocar, B.D., R.A. Garrott, and W.P. Inskeep.  Elk exposure to arsenic in geothermal watersheds of     

        Yellowstone National Park.  Environ. Toxicology and Chemistry.

 

Watson, F.G.R., and J.M. Rahman. The Tarsier environmental modeling framework. Envir. Modelling and Software.

 

Eberhardt, L.L., R.A. Garrott, and D.W. Smith.  2003.  Assessing the impact of wolves on ungulate prey. 

        Ecol. Appl. 13:776-783

 

Garrott, R.A., L.L. Eberhardt, P.J. White, and J. Rotella.  2003.  Climate-induced limitation of a large herbivore 

        population. Canadian Journal Zoology 81:33-45.

 

Garrott, R.A., L.L. Eberhardt, J.K. Otton, P.J. White, and M.A. Chaffee.  2003.  A geochemical trophic cascade 

        in Yellowstone's geothermal environments. Ecosystems 5:659-666.

 

Eberhardt, L.L. 2003.  What should we do about hypothesis testing?  J. Wildl. Manage. 67:241-247.

 

Ferrari, M.J., and R.A. Garrott.  2002.  Bison and elk: brucellosis seroprevalence on a shared winter range. 

        J. Wildl. Manage. 66:1246-1254.

 

Cook, R.C., J.G. Cook, R.A. Garrott, and S.L. Monfort.  2002.  Effects of diet and body condition on fecal 

        progestagen excretion in elk.  Journal Wildlife Diseases 38:558-565.

 

Eberhardt, L.L.  2002.  A paradigm for population analysis of long-lived vertebrates. Ecology 83:2841-2854.

 

Creel, S.C., J.E. Fox, A. Hardy, J. Sands, R.A. Garrott, and R.O. Peterson. 2002. Snowmobile activity and 

        glucocorticoid stress responses in wolves and elk. Conservation Biology 16:1-7.

 

Bjornlie, D.D., and R.A. Garrott. 2001. Effects of winter road grooming on bison in Yellowstone National Park. 

        J. Wildl. Manage. 65:423-435.

 

Moen, R.A., G.D. DelGiudice, R.A. Garrott, and R.O. Peterson. 2000. Urinary metabolites for enchancing 

        ecological interpretations: a workshop. Alces 36:269-272.

 

Smith, D.W., L.D. Mech, M. Meagher, W.E. Clark, R. Jaffe, M.K. Phillips, and J.A. Mack. 2000. Wolf-bison 

        interactions in Yellowstone National Park. J. Mammal. 81:1128-1135

 

Eberhardt, L.L. 2000. Reply: Predator-prey ratio dependence and regulation of moose populations. 

        Can. J. Zool. 78:511-513

 

Eberhardt, L.L., and R.O. Peterson.1999. Predicting the wolf-prey equilibrium point. Can. J. Zool. 77:494-498

 

Pils, A.C., R.A. Garrott, and J. Borkowski. 1999. Sampling and statistical analysis of snow-urine 

        allantoin:creatinine ratios. J. Wildl. Manage. 63:1118-1131.

 

Eberhardt, L.L., R.A. Garrott, and B.L. Becker. 1999. Using trend indices for endangered species. Marine 

        Mammal Science 15:766-785.

 

Eberhardt, L.L., R.A. Garrott, P.J. White, and P. Gogan. 1998. Alternative methodologies for estimating large 

        ungulate populations from mark-recapture aerial survey data. J. Wildl. Manage. 60:1046-1052.

 

Garrott, R.A., S.L. Monfort, P.J. White, K.L. Mashburn, and J.G. Cook. 1998. One-sample pregnancy diagnosis 

        in elk using fecal steroid metabolites. J. Wildl. Disease 34:126-131.

 

White, P.J., R.A. Garrott, and D.M. Heisey. 1997. An evaluation of snow-urine ratios as indices of ungulate 

        nutritional status. Can. J. Zool. 75:1687-1694.

 

Garrott, R.A., J.G. Cook, J.G. Berardinelli, P.J. White, S. Cherry, and D.B. Vagnoni. 1997. Evaluation of the 

        urinary allantoin:creatinine ratio as a nutritional index for elk. Can. J. Zool. 75:1519-1525.

 

Garrott, R.A., P.J. White, and D.B. Vagnoni. 1996. Purine derivative in snow-urine as a dietary index in free-ranging 

        elk. J. Wildl. Manage. 60:735-743.

 

Vagnoni, D.B., R.A. Garrott, J.G. Cook, and P.J. White. 1996. Urinary allantoin:creatinine ratios as a dietary index 

        in elk. J. Wildl. Manage. 60:728-734.

 

White, P.J., R.A. Garrott, C.A. Vanderbilt White, and G.A. Sargeant. 1995. Interpreting mean chemical ratios from 

        simple random collections of snow-urine samples. Wildl. Soc. Bull. 23:705-710.

 

White, P. J., R.A. Garrott, J. F. Kirkpatrick, and B. Berkley. 1995. Diagnosing pregnancy in free-ranging elk using 

        fecal steroid metabolites. J. Wildl. Disease. 31:514-522.

 

White, P.J., R.A. Garrott, and D.M. Heisey. 1995. Variability in snow-urine assays. Can. J. Zool. 73:427-432.

 

Jakubas, W.J., R.A. Garrott, P.J. White, and D.R. Mertens. 1994. Elk consumption of burnt lodgepole pine as 

        influenced by digestibility and secondary metabolites. J. Wildl. Manage. 58:35-46.

 

Garrott, R.A., P.J. White, and C.A. Vanderbilt White. 1993. Overabundance: an issue for conservation biologists? 

        Conservation Biology 7:946-949.