Survival and cougar predation of translocated bighorn sheep in Arizona

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1267-1272

  Kamler, Jan F ^a   Lee, Raymond M ^b   DeVos Jr , James C ^b   Ballard, Warren B ^a   Whitlaw, Heather A ^c  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^c LGL Alaska Research Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Arizona; Bighorn sheep; Cougar; Mortality; Ovis canadensis; Predation; Puma concolor; Survival

Indexed keywords

FELID; MORTALITY; POPULATION DECLINE; PREDATION; SHEEP; SURVIVAL;

ARIZONA; UNITED STATES;

CERVIDAE; FELIDAE; ODOCOILEUS; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS; OVIS ARIES; OVIS CANADENSIS; PUMA CONCOLOR;

EID: 0036816026     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802959     Document Type: Article

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