Managing puma hunting in the western United States: Through a metapopulation approach

Animal Conservation

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 159-170

  Laundré, John ^a,b   Clark, Tim W ^c,d  

^a Instituto de Ecologia AC Durango   (Mexico)

^b Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

^c Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^d Box 2705   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; FELID; HUNTING; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

IDAHO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; PUMA CONCOLOR;

EID: 14044257958     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1367943003003202     Document Type: Article

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