Ecology of wolves in relation to a migratory caribou herd in Northwest Alaska

Wildlife Monographs

Volumn , Issue 135, 1997, Pages 1-44

  Ballard, Warren B ^a,d   Ayres, Lee Anne ^a,b   Krausman, Paul R ^c   Reed, Daniel J ^a   Fancy, Steven G ^e  

^a ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d ARIZONA GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Alaska; Caribou; Demography; Migration; Moose; Predation; Wolves

Indexed keywords

ALCES ALCES; CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; RANGIFER; RANGIFER TARANDUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS GRANTI; UNGULATA;

EID: 0038967485     PISSN: 00840173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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