Adult and fawn mortality of Sonoran pronghorn

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 43-50

  Bright, Jill L ^a   Hervert, John J ^a  

^a ARIZONA GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Antilocapra americana sonoriensis; Drought; Fawn recruitment; Mortality; Predation; Sonoran pronghorn

Indexed keywords

BIOTELEMETRY; DROUGHT; MORTALITY; PREDATION; RECRUITMENT; UNGULATE;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; ANTILOCAPRA AMERICANA; ANTILOCAPRA AMERICANA SONORIENSIS; CANIDAE; CANIS LATRANS; LYNX; LYNX RUFUS; PUMA CONCOLOR;

EID: 22244468393     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2005)33[43:AAFMOS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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