Publication Type:
BookSource:
Northern Rockies Conservation Cooperative; Montana Natural Heritage Program; The Nature Conservancy, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming Field Offices; and Mountain West Environmental Services, p.153 (1989)Call Number:
B89CLA01IDUSURL:
http://www.nrccooperative.org/pdfs/RTSSpeciesofGYE.pdfKeywords:
Abronia ammophila, Absaroka Beardtongue, Agrostis rossiae, amphibian, Arctic Grayling, Arctous rubra, Astragalus shultziorum, bird, Bonneville Cutthroat Trout, Claytonia lanceolata var. flava, Comb-hair Draba, Common Loon, Descurainia torulosa, Dog Bearberry, Draba pectinipila, Ephemeroptera, Fine-Spotted Snake River Cutthroat Trout, fish, Gavia immer, Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, GYE, Icegrass, invertebrate, Kendall Warm Springs Dace, Lomatium attenuatum, mammal, North Fork Lomatium, Oncorhynchus clarki bouvieri, Oncorhynchus clarki lewisi, Oncorhynchus clarki subsp., Oncorhynchus clarki utah, Penstemon absarokensis, Phippsia algida, Phrynosoma douglassi, reptile, research natural area, Rhinichthys osculus thermalis, Ross Bentgrass, Short-Horned Lizard, Shoshonea, Shoshonea pulvinata, Shultz's Milkvetch, SWAP, Thymallus arcticus, Tweedy's Sand Verbena, vascular plant, Westslope Cutthroat Trout, Wyoming Tansymustard, Yellow Springbeauty, Yellowstone Cutthroat TroutAbstract:
This report describes each rare, sensitive, and threatened species (animal and plant) associated with the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE) and provides information about the range, habitat, life history and ecology, and conservation needs of each. <br/> This publication is a cooperative project of the Northern Rockies Conservation Cooperative, Robert D. Dorn of Mountain West Environmental Services, David L. Genter of the Montana Natural Heritage Program, and Craig Groves of the Natural Heritage Section, Nongame and Endangered Wildlife Program, Idaho Department of Fish and Game. Fifty-one experts from throughout the northern Rockies region and elsewhere contributed individual reports on the status of plant, invertebrate, and vertebrate species of concern in the GYE. Among the contributors are state and federal agency biologists, university professors, graduate students, and biologists working in nonprofit and private sector organizations. In addition to the chapters on plant and animal taxa, the publication includes a chapter on the designated and proposed Research Natural Areas in the GYE. <br/> The plant section contains detailed accounts of 11 significant rare plant species and their conservation needs in the GYE. It also includes a list of 124 rare plant species known to occur in the GYE. This list includes information about the species' global and state Nature Conservancy Natural Heritage ranks, their status under the Endangered Species Act, and their listing as sensitive species by the Northern and Intermountain Regions of the U.S. Forest Service. <br/> The invertebrate section is clearly only a beginning, covering only mayflies and butterflies. Accounts for each provide an overview of taxa and their conservation needs in the GYE. The mayfly chapter discusses the status of 12 mayfly families, several of which are still poorly known in the GYE. Detailed studies frequently discover new species and even new genera of mayflies. Butterflies are probably the best known of the insects in the GYE. The butterfly chapter discusses several butterfly species of special interest to conservationists and contains a list of the 128 species of butterflies found in the GYE. These accounts might serve as a model for a more complete compilation of information on the diversity of invertebrates of the GYE. <br/> Each vertebrate species account consists of a description of the species, its range, its habitat, and its life history and ecology. Accounts focus particular attention on the species' conservation needs in the GYE. Key references for each species are provided. Distributional maps accompany the accounts for species whose ranges cover only a part of the GYE. Maps are not included for those species that are found throughout the GYE, for species whose distribution in the GYE is poorly known, or for species that might become further endangered by having locations revealed. <br/>
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Location: ELECTRONIC FILE - BOTANY; ELECTRONIC FILE - Zoology: Multiple Species.
Suggested Citation: Clark, T. W., A. H. Harvey, R. D. Dorn, D. L. Genter, and C. Groves, editors. 1989. Rare, sensitive, and threatened species of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Northern Rockies Conservation Cooperative, Montana Natural Heritage Program, The Nature Conservancy, and Mountain West Environmental Services. 153 pp.
SWAP (2/19/2016) citation (with correction):
Clark TW, Harvey AH, Dorn RD, Genter DL, Groves CR, editors. 1989. Rare, sensitive, and threatened species of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Jackson (WY): Northern Rockies Conservation Cooperative. 153 p. [accessed 2015 Jun 1]. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/135974.