Predicting hunter success rates from elk and hunter abundance, season structure, and habitat

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1068-1077

  Cooper, Andrew B ^a,b   Pinheiro, José C ^c,d   Unsworth, James W ^e   Hilborn, Ray ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^d NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^e IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervus elaphus; Elk; Generalized linear mixed effects models; Hunter success; Idaho; Prediction

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HARVESTING; HUNTING; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

CERVUS ELAPHUS;

EID: 0036975160     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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