Development and application of a ratio estimator to estimate wolf kill rates and variance in a multiple-prey system

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 933-946

  Hebblewhite, Mark ^a,b,d,e   Paquet, Paul C ^b,c   Pletscher, Daniel H ^a,e,f,g,h,i   Lessard, Robert B ^b,j,k   Callaghan, Carolyn J ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^g YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h MT Chapter of the Wildlife Society

ⁱ Intl Wildlife Management Congress   (Hungary)

^j Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^k UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Banff National Park; Canis lupus; Cervus elaphus; Elk; Kill rate; Kill rate variance; Multiple prey; Predator prey; Ratio estimator; Wolf

Indexed keywords

CANID; ESTIMATION METHOD; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY CAPTURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ALBERTA; BANFF NATIONAL PARK; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; CERVIDAE; CERVUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 1642465389     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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