Compensatory reproduction and dispersal in an introduced mountain goat population in central Montana

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1019-1024

  Williams, James S ^a,b,c  

^a WILDLIFE AND PARKS   (United States)

^b Montana Fish Wildl Parks Dept   (United States)

^c USAF   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Harvest; Hunting; Management; Montana; Mountain goats

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATION; DISPERSAL; POPULATION ECOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; TRANSLOCATION; UNGULATE;

MONTANA; SQUARE BUTTE; UNITED STATES;

ARTIODACTYLA; CAPRA HIRCUS; OREAMNOS AMERICANUS; UNGULATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0343775826     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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