Habitat selection by elk before and after wolf reintroduction in Yellowstone National Park

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1691-1707

  Mao, Julie S ^a,f   Boyce, Mark S ^a   Smith, Douglas W ^b   Singer, Francis J ^c   Vales, David J ^d,g   Vore, John M ^e   Merrill, Evelyn H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b YELLOWSTONE CENTER FOR RESOURCES   (United States)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^e Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks   (United States)

^f Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve   (United States)

^g Muckleshoot Wildlife Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Canis lupus; Cervus elaphus; Elk; Habitat selection; Predation risk; Resource selection functions; Wolf; Yellowstone National Park

Indexed keywords

CANID; HABITAT SELECTION; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REINTRODUCTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; UNGULATE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS;

EID: 18444419330     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2005)69[1691:HSBEBA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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