Assessing potential gray wolf restoration in the northeastern United States: A spatial prediction of favorable habitat and potential population levels

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-10

  Mladenoff, David J ^a   Sickley, Theodore A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Eastern timber wolf; Endangered species; Forest biodiversity; Gray wolf; Landscape ecology; Maine; New Hampshire; New York; Restoration; Vermont

Indexed keywords

EASTERN TIMBER WOLF; ENDANGERED MAMMAL; GREY WOLF; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; REINTRODUCTION;

(NORTHEAST); USA;

CANIS LUPUS;

EID: 0031895514     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802259     Document Type: Article

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