Lynx population dynamics in an untrapped refugium

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 946-961

  Slough, Brian G ^a,b   Mowat, Garth ^a,b  

^a Yukon Dept of Renewable Resources   (Canada)

^b Comp 2 ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

emigration; harvesting; home range; immigration; Lepus americanus; lynx; Lynx lynx; reproduction; snowshoe hare; survival; Yukon Territory

Indexed keywords

LYNX; LEPUS AMERICANUS; LYNX LYNX;

LYNX; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

CANADA, YUKON TERRITORY;

EID: 0030301498     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802397     Document Type: Article

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