Elk Migrate in Yellowstone (IMAGE)

University of California - Berkeley

Elk Migrate in Yellowstone

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Yellowstone's migrating elk use climate cues, like melting snow and greening grasses, to decide when to make the trek from their winter ranges in prairies and valleys to their summer ranges in high mountain plateaus, shows a new UC Berkeley-led study.

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Joe Riis

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