Atlas of Yellowstone

Second Edition

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

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The second edition of the award-winning Atlas of Yellowstone contains 50% new material, making it the authoritative reference for the world’s first national park on its 150th anniversary. The publication of the Atlas of Yellowstone, Second Edition coincides with the 150th anniversary of the founding of Yellowstone National Park—a major international event. The atlas is an accessible, comprehensive guide that presents Yellowstone’s story through compelling visualizations rendered by award-winning cartographers at the University of Oregon. Readers of this new edition of the Atlas of Yellowstone will explore the contributions of Yellowstone to preserving and understanding natural and cultural landscapes, to informing worldwide conservation practices, and to inspiring national parks around the world, while also learning about the many struggles the park faces in carrying out its mission. Ranging from Indigenous Americans and local economies to geysers and wildlife migrations, from the life of one wolf to the threat of wildfires, each page provides leading experts’ insights into the complexity and significance of Yellowstone. Key elements of the atlas include: More than 1,000 maps, graphics, and photographsContributions from more than 130 expertsDetailed topographic maps of Yellowstone and Grand Teton National ParksExploration of Yellowstone National Park’s influence over 150 years on conservation practice, park management, and American cultureNew, detailed visualizations of wildlife that take advantage of modern GPS technology to track individual animals and entire herdsPlace-name origins for Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks and the surrounding region

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2022-01-11
Mått:244 x 337 x 30 mm
Vikt:2 313 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:366
Upplaga:2
Förlag:University of California Press
ISBN:9780520379770

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W. Andrew Marcus is Professor Emeritus, Department of Geography at the University of Oregon. James E. Meacham is Senior Research Associate and InfoGraphics Lab Director in the Department of Geography at the University of Oregon. Ann W. Rodman is GIS Manager at Yellowstone National Park. Alethea Y. Steingisser is Cartographic Production Manager in the Department of Geography at the University of Oregon.Justin T. Menke is Graduate Researcher and Cartographer in the Department of Geography at the University of Oregon.

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University of OregonSupportersAcknowledgmentsPreface to the First EditionPreface to the Second EditionForewordYellowstone National ParkEssay: Headwaters of an Idea Essay: Imagining Yellowstone Yellowstone in the WorldYellowstone in the Region Greater Yellowstone Detail Legacy of the World’s First National Park U.S. National Parks Protected AreasHistoryEssay: The Yellowstone National Park IdeaArchaeologyAmerican IndiansSheep EatersCatlin and the American IndianFlight of the Nez PerceExplorationEarly MapsHayden SurveysJackson and Moran Yellowstone ArtEarly Science HistoryRecent Science HistoryFor the PeopleEssay: For the PeopleRoad HistoryDevelopment Old FaithfulCanyonLake and Fishing BridgeMammoth Architecture Roads and TrailsTrafficPark VisitationWho Visits the Parks Accessibility in the ParkVisitor PhotographyTetons Climbing HistoryNight SkyPark After DarkHuman GeographyEssay: A Geography of Change Political BoundariesLand OwnershipPopulationCounty PopulationCity PopulationEducationRace and EthnicityReligion and PoliticsThe EconomyLabor and EmploymentIncomeAgricultureMarket Access Physical GeographyEssay: The Landscapes of YellowstoneElevationCross SectionsLandforms National Parks Park HeadquartersCanyons and DomesLava Flows and Glacial ErosionOverthrust Belt and Glacial Features Geologic EvolutionYellowstone GeologyGrand Teton GeologyGlaciersEarthquakesYellowstone DeformationYellowstone VolcanoQuaternary VolcanicsGeothermal ActivityGeysersNorris Geyser BasinYellowstone Lake Drainage Basins Rivers StreamflowFlow Regimes Waterfalls Precipitation Temperature Snowpack Climate Change WetlandsSoils Ecoregions VegetationSagebrush-Steppe HabitatPotential Wildlife HabitatsLandscape ChangeFire History1988 FiresWildfire RiskWildlifeEssay: Yellowstone's Importance to Wildlife Conservation Migratory LandscapeBisonBison MovementElkPronghornWolvesWolf MovementWolf 911MCoyotesGrizzly BearsBear MovementCougarsCarnivore InteractionsBirdsFishFish ManagementInsectsWildlife DiseaseThermophilesReference MapsGreater Yellowstone Reference Maps BozemanBillingsRexburgCodyPocatelloLanderNational Park Reference Maps Electric PeakTower JunctionSilver Gate West YellowstoneCanyon VillageLamar ValleyOld FaithfulLake VillageEast EntranceBechler MeadowsLewis Lake ThorofareFlagg RanchGrand TetonMooseGazetteerUSGS Map IndexCountiesPlace Names Greater Yellowstone Cultural NamesGreater Yellowstone Physical NamesYellowstone National Park Grand Teton National Park Vertebrate SpeciesAfterword and SourcesAfterwordSources IndexAbout the Authors