Beyond demography and delisting: Ecological recovery for Yellowstone's grizzly bears and wolves

Biological Conservation

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 63-73

  Pyare, Sanjay ^a   Berger, Joel ^b  

^a EMRI   (United States)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carnivores; De listing; Endangered Species Act; Greater Yellowstone ecosystem; Recovery plans

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; RECOVERY;

UNITED STATES; WYOMING; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

ALCES ALCES; CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; CERVIDAE; CERVUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 0037672617     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(02)00350-6     Document Type: Article

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