Effects of age, sex, disease, and density on survival of bighorn sheep

Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1019-1032

  Jorgenson, Jon T ^a   Festa Bianchet, Marco ^b   Gaillard, Jean Michel ^c   Wishart, William D ^d  

^a Natural Resources Service   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age specific survival; Bighorn sheep; Capture recapture; Cost of reproduction; Disease; Model selection; Population dynamics; Senescence; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES; OVIS CANADENSIS;

AGE-SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; BIGHORN SHEEP; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; SURVIVAL;

CANADA, ALBERTA;

EID: 0030613829     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1997)078[1019:EOASDA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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