Effects of mountain lion predation on bighorn sheep in the Sierra Nevada and Granite Mountains of California

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 471-479

  Wehausen, John D ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a Visit Scho Dept Integrat Biol   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e Univ California's White Mt Res S   (United States)

Author keywords

bighorn sheep; Mojave Desert; mountain lion; Ovis canadensis; population dynamics; predator prey dynamics; Puma concolor; Sierra Nevada

Indexed keywords

BIGHORN SHEEP; MOUNTAIN LION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

USA, CALIFORNIA, GRANITE MOUNTAINS; USA, CALIFORNIA, SIERRA NEVADA;

OVIS CANADENSIS; PUMA CONCOLOR;

EID: 0029660527     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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