Range Contractions of North American Carnivores and Ungulates

BioScience

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 123-138

  Laliberte, Andrea S ^a   Ripple, William J ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geographic information systems; Historical condition; Human influence; Range contractions; Wildlife distribution

Indexed keywords

UNGULATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1042263948     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2004)054[0123:RCONAC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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