Spatial responses of wolves to roads and trails in mountain valleys

Ecological Applications

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 543-553

  Whittington, Jesse ^a,b   St Clair, Colleen Cassady ^a   Mercer, George ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Jasper National Park   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canis lupus; Case control; Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada; Park management; Path; Resource selection; Road; Trail; Wolf responded to roads and trails

Indexed keywords

CANID; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT; PARK MANAGEMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT;

ALBERTA; CANADA; JASPER NATIONAL PARK; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CANIS LUPUS;

EID: 15944405396     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-5317     Document Type: Article

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