Comparison of VHF and satellite telemetry for estimating sizes of wolf territories in northwest Alaska

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 823-829

  Ballard, Warren B ^a,b   Edwards, Mark ^c,g   Fancy, Steven G ^d,h   Boe, Sue ^e   Krausman, Paul R ^f  

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

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^d NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^e ARIZONA GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^g Banff National Park   (Canada)

^h National Park Service Inventory and Monitoring Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Canis lupus; Satellite telemetry; Territory size; VHF telemetry; Wolf

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; ESTIMATION METHOD; RADIOTELEMETRY; SATELLITE; TERRITORY;

UNITED STATES;

CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS;

EID: 0032903335     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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