Decline and recovery of a High Arctic wolf-prey system

Arctic

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 305-307

  Mech, L David ^a,b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic hares; Canis lupus; Climate change; Ellesmere Island; High Arctic; Lepus arcticus; Muskoxen; Ovibos moschatus; Wolves

Indexed keywords

CANID; FOOD WEB; LAGOMORPH; POPULATION GROWTH; PREY AVAILABILITY; UNGULATE;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; ELLESMERE ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; LEPUS ARCTICUS; OVIBOS; OVIBOS MOSCHATUS; OVIBOS MOSCHATUS MOSCHATUS;

EID: 27144434767     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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