The influence of model structure on conclusions about the viability and harvesting of Serengeti wildebeest

Conservation Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 966-976

  Pascual, Miguel A ^a   Kareiva, Peter ^a   Hilborn, Ray ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POPULATION MODEL; SERENGETI WILDEBEEST; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

CONNOCHAETES TAURINUS;

EID: 0030856627     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1997.95437.x     Document Type: Article

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