Yellowstone after wolves

BioScience

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 330-340

  Smith, Douglas W ^b   Peterson, Rolf O ^a   Houston, Douglas B ^b  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Greater Yellowstone ecosystem; Wolf restoration; Wolf prey relationships; Yellowstone National Park

Indexed keywords

ALCES ALCES; CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS LATRANS; CANIS LUPUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; MAMMALIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 0037387759     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2003)053[0330:YAW]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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