Effects of fertility control on populations of ungulates: General, stage-structured models

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 473-491

  Hobbs, N Thompson ^a   Bowden, David C ^a   Baker, Dan L ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b Research Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Contraceptives; Fetility control; Hunting; Management; Modeling; Population persistence; Sterilization; Ungulate

Indexed keywords

FERTILITY; POPULATION MODELING; UNGULATE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 0034001535     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3803245     Document Type: Article

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