Cumulative impacts of an evolving oil-field complex on the distribution of calving caribou

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 76, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1425-1430

  Nellemann, C ^a,c   Cameron, R D ^b,d  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^c Dept of Biol and Nat Conservation ^*  (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; MAMMAL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

PRUDHOE BAY; UNITED STATES;

APODIFORMES; MAMMALIA; RANGIFER; RANGIFER TARANDUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS GRANTI;

EID: 0032457318     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z98-078     Document Type: Article

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