Declines in populations of woodland caribou

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 755-761

  McLoughlin, Philip D ^a,d   Dzus, Elston ^b   Wynes, Bob ^c,e   Boutin, Stan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Alberta Pacific Forest Industries Inc   (Canada)

^c Boreal Caribou Committee   (Canada)

^d ALBERTA RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Canada)

^e Forestry Branch   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alberta; Canada; Demography; Population ecology; Rangifer tarandus caribou; Recruitment; Species at risk; Survival; Woodland caribou

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; PREDATION; PREGNANCY; RECRUITMENT; SURVIVAL;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

CANIDAE; CANIS LUPUS; RANGIFER; RANGIFER TARANDUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS CARIBOU;

EID: 0242275412     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802682     Document Type: Article

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