Demographic characteristics of a reintroduced elk population in Kentucky

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 467-476

  Larkin, Jeffery L ^a   Maehr, David S ^a   Cox, John J ^a   Bolin, David C ^a   Wichrowski, Michael W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervus elaphus; Demographics; Elk; Irruptive oscillation; Kentucky; Mortality; Reintroduction; Reproduction; Restoration; Survival; Translocation

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; RADIOTELEMETRY; REINTRODUCTION; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL; TRANSLOCATION; UNGULATE;

KENTUCKY; UNITED STATES;

CERVIDAE; CERVUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; PARELAPHOSTRONGYLUS TENUIS; UNGULATA;

EID: 0041312583     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802704     Document Type: Article

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