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Title	Influences of logging and weather on elk distribution in western Montana
Creator	Lyon, L. Jack, 1929-
Contributor	Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station (Ogden, Utah)
Description	Distributions of elk pellet groups on an area of 215 km (80 mi ) were examined for a period of 8 years. Recorded changes in annual distribution describe both elk movement in response to disturbances in the forest environment and elk habitat selection in response to weather conditions. Over the period of study, the single most important influence on elk distribution was weather. Severity of winter weather determined the location and extent of winter range. Snowfall during the hunting season resulted in elk concentrating in the least accessible areas available. Hot, dry summer weather forced selection of habitat areas providing cool, moist conditions. The second determinant of elk distribution was logging. Elk consistently moved away from areas in which active logging was in progress. The distance moved and the time required for return varied depending on the location and duration of logging activity. Recommendations intended to reduce the time during which habitat is unavailable to elk are presented.
Publisher	Ogden, Utah : Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, Forest Service, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, 1979.
Subject	Elk -- Montana.
Relation	USDA Forest Service research paper INT ; 236
Source	A 13.78:INT-238
Date Original	1979-09-01
Date Digital	2007;
Type	text
Format	application/pdf
Resource Identifier	mtg002086
Contributing Institution	The University of Montana
Language	en
Digitization Specifications	Scanned by Lacey Gibbons using an OpticBook 3600 scanner at 400 dpi, 8 bit gray scale. Master images stored as TIFF and derivatives presented as PDF. Abbey FineReader 8.0 used for optical character recognition.

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