A new peer-reviewed study reports that claims of a “world-leading” trophic cascade in Yellowstone National Park are not supported, citing problems with the methods used in earlier research. A newly pu ...

Over the last three decades, Yellowstone National Park has undergone an ecological cascade. As elk numbers fell, aspen and willow trees thrived. This, in turn, allowed beaver numbers to increase, ...

A critique from a team led by Utah State University ecologist Dan MacNulty and published in Forest Ecology and Management has ...

In Yellowstone National Park — where gray wolves were reintroduced starting in 1995 — researchers have gone back and forth on whether the restoration of wolves has impacted the ecosystem. The idea is ...

Wolf populations in Yellowstone National Park have myriad impacts on ecosystems, but exactly how those impacts play out in the complex system is still under consideration. New research from Utah State ...

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Three decades after wolves were reintroduced in Yellowstone National Park, aspen stands are recovering, a new analysis suggests. Published in Forest Ecology and Management, the study looks at what ...

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