Trends of winter nutritional restriction, ticks, and numbers of moose on Isle Royale

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 895-903

  DelGiudice, Glenn D ^a,b   Peterson, Rolf O ^c   Samuel, William M ^d  

^a MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alces alces condition indices; Dermacentor albipictus; Isle Royale; Moose; Nutritional restriction; Urea nitrogen; Urine chemistries; Winter ticks

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ALCES ALCES; DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR ALBIPICTUS;

EID: 0030804234     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802198     Document Type: Article

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