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Results for "Probability Distributions on a Circle"

Author: Sparkes, Shantel N Departments: Department of Biological Sciences

  • Forest Succession and Nutritional Carrying Capacity of Elk since the 1980 Eruption of Mount St. Helens

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    Fall 2016

    Sparkes, Shantel N

    -1990 and inside the Monument from 2000-2010. We discussed trends in estimates of elk carrying capacity to trends in the elk summer distribution, body condition, probability of pregnancy, and overwinter elk mortality across a portion of the study area and found a general correspondence. Results from

    /ha) within a core area of the Mount St. Helens elk population since the 1980 eruption based on digestible energy of preferred forage species using the Forage Resource Evaluation System for Habitat model (FRESH). I constrained estimates of NCC by considering only areas with a minimum amount of

    indicated elk selection was most strongly influence by available digestible energy, followed by distance to forage-cover edge, distance to a public road and slope. Constraining the NCC by relative use resulted in 2-49% decrease across study years with the greatest declines on industrial lands from 1980

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