Effects of population density on horn development in bighorn rams

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1011-1020

  Jorgenson, Jon T ^a   Festa Bianchet, Marco ^b,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

Alberta; Bighorn sheep; Horn curl; Horn growth; Horn size; Ovis canadensis; Population density; Trophy hunting

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; HORN; HUNTING; POPULATION DENSITY; UNGULATE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

OVIS; OVIS ARIES; OVIS CANADENSIS; UNGULATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031855103     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802554     Document Type: Article

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