Lynx recruitment during a snowshoe hare population peak and decline in southwest Yukon

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 441-452

  Mowat, Garth ^a,c   Slough, Brian G ^b   Boutin, Stan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Yukon Dept of Renewable Resources   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

birthrate; Canada; kitten survival; litter size; lynx; Lynx lynx; population cycling; population growth; recruitment; reproductive success; Yukon

Indexed keywords

RECRUITMENT; SNOWSHOE HARE;

CANADA, YUKON;

LEPUS AMERICANUS; LYNX LYNX;

EID: 0030452789     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802247     Document Type: Article

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