Planning and implementing a reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone National Park and central Idaho

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 7-27

  Fritts, Steven H ^a,e   Bangs, Edward E ^a   Fontaine, Joseph A ^a   Johnson, Mark R ^b,f   Phillips, Michael K ^b   Koch, Edward D ^c   Gunson, John R ^d  

^a U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^c Idaho Fishery Resource Office   (United States)

^d ALBERTA ENVIRONMENT AND PARKS   (Canada)

^e US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^f Wildlife Veterinary Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS;

GREY WOLF; REINTRODUCTION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

IDAHO; USA; WYOMING; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 0031428971     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-100x.1997.09702.x     Document Type: Article

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