Management strategies for the wolverine in Scandinavia

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1001-1014

  Sæther, Bernt Erik ^a   Engen, Steinar ^a   Persson, Jens ^b   Brøseth, Henrik ^c   Landa, Arild ^c   Willebrand, Tomas ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Density dependence; Gulo gulo; Population Viability Analysis; Risk of extinction; Scandinavia; Stochastic effects; Wolverine

Indexed keywords

MUSTELID; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORRBOTTEN; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SAREK NATIONAL PARK; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; WORLD;

GULO GULO;

EID: 27944437822     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2005)069[1001:MSFTWI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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