Characteristics of dispersal in a colonizing wolf population in the Central Rocky Mountains

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1094-1108

  Boyd, Diane K ^a,b   Pletscher, Daniel H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Alberta; Bider; British Columbia; Canis lupus; Central Rocky Mountains; Colonizing; Dispersal; Disperser; Gray wolf; Montana; Mortality; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

CANID; DISPERSAL; RECOLONIZATION;

GLACIER NATIONAL PARK; MONTANA; UNITED STATES;

CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; CARNIVORA;

EID: 0032706996     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802828     Document Type: Article

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