Conservation endocrinology: A noninvasive tool to understand relationships between carnivore colonization and ecological carrying capacity

Conservation Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 980-989

  Berger, Joel ^a,b   Testa, J Ward ^c   Roffe, Tom ^d   Monfort, Steven L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

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

^d MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ENDOCRINOLOGY;

ALCES ALCES; ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; UNGULATA; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 0032877920     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1999.98521.x     Document Type: Article

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