topic:"Ecology" found 27 records - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Aboriginal overkill and native burning: implications for modern ecosystem management

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: October 1995

Author: Kay, Charles E.

Publisher: Western Journal of Applied Forestry, Vol. 10, No. 4

Call Number: 04 K18ab Pam

Author: Kay, Charles E.

Publisher: Western Journal of Applied Forestry, Vol. 10, No. 4

Published Date: October 1995

Physical Description: 7 pages and illustrations

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Ecology; Fire ecology; Rocky Mountains (U.S.); Ungulates

Notes: Includes bibliographical references - photocopy - discusses traditional First Nations hunting practices and fire ecology

Call Number: 04 K18ab Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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Aboriginal overkill and native burning: the role of Native Americans in structuring the Yellowstone ecosystem

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1997

Author: Kay, Charles E.

Publisher: Logan, Utah : Utah State University

Call Number: 04 K18abor Pam

Author: Kay, Charles E.

Responsibility: by Charles E. Kay and Steve Simms

Publisher: Logan, Utah : Utah State University

Published Date: 1997

Physical Description: 10 pages

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Ecology; Fire ecology; Rocky Mountains (U.S.); Ungulates

Notes: Photocopy; Contains a letter written to Congressman Rick Hill by Charles E. Kay about letters-to-the-editor inclduing charts. The second letter is asking the congressman to present at an upcoming conference. Ulitmately the request is rejected

Call Number: 04 K18abor Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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Aboriginal overkill: the role of Native Americans in structuring western ecosystems

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1994

Author: Kay, Charles E.

Publisher: Human Nature, Vol. 5, No. 4

Call Number: 04 K18a Pam

Author: Kay, Charles E.

Publisher: Human Nature, Vol. 5, No. 4

Published Date: 1994

Physical Description: 39 pages and illustrations

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Conservation; Ecology; First Nations - (SEE ALSO Indians); Hunting

Notes: Includes bibliographical references - discusses traditional Native American hunting practices controlling ungulate populations and ecosystems - Yellowstone National Park - carnivore predation - age and sex of ungulates hunted and First Nations conservation practices

Call Number: 04 K18a Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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A..."climate"...ising to Alberta in the dawn of the Anthropocene

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Medium: Library - Periodical

Author: Skrajny, Joanna

Publisher: The Alberta Wilderness Association Journal

Call Number: P

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Author: Skrajny, Joanna

Responsibility: Joanna Skrajny

Publisher: The Alberta Wilderness Association Journal

Physical Description: p. 22 - 25

Medium: Library - Periodical

Subjects: Environment; Climate; Climate change; Fires; Fire ecology; Floods; Water; Watersheds

Abstract: Pertains to climate change during Anthropocene including increased wildfires, ticks, and tick-borne diseases, floods, increase in insurance rates, and negative effects on health and mental health, wildlife extinction, decrease in fresh water.

Notes: In Wildlands Advocate, Vol. 27, No.2, June 2019, p. 22 - 25

Call Number: P

Collection: Archives Library

URL Notes: Digital version of publication available online

Websites

https://albertawilderness.ca/publications/wild-lands-advocate/

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An alternative interpretation of the historical evidence relating to the abundance of wolves in the Yellowstone ecosystem in Ecology and Conservation of Wolves in a Changing World

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1995

Author: Kay, Charles E.

Publisher: Canadian Circumpolar Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta

Call Number: 04 K18an Pam

Author: Kay, Charles E.

Publisher: Canadian Circumpolar Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta

Published Date: 1995

Physical Description: 10 pages and illustrations and figures

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Ecology; First Nations - (SEE ALSO Indians); Hunting; Ungulates; Yellowstone National Park

Notes: Photocopy from a monograph of selected papers presented at the Second North American Symposium on Wolves, held in Edmonton in August 1992 - includes historical observations of past explorers to Yellowstone National Park in regards to game (including wolves) between 1835-76 - includes "Aboriginal Overkill" hypothesis

Call Number: 04 K18an Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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Are ecosystems structured from the top-down or bottom-up: a new look at an old debate

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1998

Author: Kay, Charles E.

Publisher: Wildlife Society Bulletin, 26 (3)

Call Number: 04 K18ec Pam

Author: Kay, Charles E.

Publisher: Wildlife Society Bulletin, 26 (3)

Published Date: 1998

Physical Description: 15 pages and illustrations

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Animal populations; Fire ecology; First Nations - (SEE ALSO Indians); Predation; Ungulates

Notes: Includes bibliographical references - photocopy - discusses First Nations influence on land management using first-person historical accounts, historical photographs, archaological data and myths that encouraged the belief of "natural regulation"

Call Number: 04 K18ec Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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Aspen, elk, and fire in the Rocky Mountain national parks of North America

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1998

Author: White, Clifford A., et al.

Publisher: Wildlife Society Bulletin, 26 (3)

Call Number: 04 W58a Pam

Author: White, Clifford A., et al.

Publisher: Wildlife Society Bulletin, 26 (3)

Published Date: 1998

Physical Description: 14 pages and illustrations

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Elk; Fire ecology; First Nations - (SEE ALSO Indians); Wolves

Notes: Includes bibliographical references - photocopy - discusses aspen as an indicator of ecological conditions in national parks - aspen in decline - recommendations to fix aspen regeneration - Charles E. Kay - Jasper, Banff, Yoho, Kootenay, Yellowstone, Rocky Mountain parks