Population dynamics of the Jackson elk herd

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 810-829

  Lubow, Bruce C ^a   Smith, Bruce L ^b,c  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b National Elk Refuge   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervus elaphus; Density dependence; Elk; Harvest; Model fitting; National Elk Refuge; Parameter estimation; Population dynamics; Population models; Survival; Ungulates; Wyoming

Indexed keywords

POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING; SURVIVAL; UNGULATE;

JACKSON; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD; WYOMING;

CERVIDAE; CERVUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 12144264267     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2004)068[0810:PDOTJE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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