Pronghorn population response to coyote control: Modeling and management

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1162-1175

  Phillips, Gregory E ^a,b,c,d   White, Gary C ^b,d,e,f,g,h  

^a EDM INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^f OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h Los Alamos National Laboratory ^*  (Mexico)

Author keywords

Age ratios; Antilocapra americana; Canis latrans; Coyote; Fawn:doe ratios; Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge; Oregon; Predation; Pronghorn; Spreadsheet models; Stochastic population modeling; Survival rates

Indexed keywords

CANID; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING; PREDATOR CONTROL; UNGULATE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

HART MOUNTAIN NATIONAL ANTELOPE REFUGE; NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

ANTILOCAPRA AMERICANA; CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS LATRANS; UNGULATA;

EID: 1642465038     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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