Elk Migration Patterns, and Some of the Factors Affecting Movements in the Gallatin River Drainage, Montana
- 1 January 1953
- journal article
- research article
- Published by JSTOR in The Journal of Wildlife Management
- Vol. 17 (1) , 9-23
- https://doi.org/10.2307/3796798
Abstract
225 elk calves were tagged with plastic markers in 1949-51. Observations suggested definite migration routes. A study of horsefly populations suggested an inverse relationship between fly and elk numbers. Large numbers of elk did not arrive on the summer ranges until the vegetation was well developed. Parturition may have been an important factor governing the upward movement of the cows. Snow was apparently not a factor in retarding upward movement during the spring of 1951.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Biology of the Elk Calf, Cervus canadensis NelsoniThe Journal of Wildlife Management, 1951
- The Ecological Relationships of the Food of the Columbian Black‐Tailed Deer, Odocoileus hemionus columbianus (Richardson), in the Coast Forest Region of Southern Vancouver Island, British ColumbiaEcological Monographs, 1945