Comment: Regulation of moose populations by wolf predation

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 506-510

  Messier, François ^a   Joly, Damien O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANID; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REGULATORY APPROACH; UNGULATE;

ALCES ALCES; CANIS LUPUS;

EID: 0034084102     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z99-220     Document Type: Article

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