Short-term impacts of military overflights on Caribou during calving season

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1133-1146

  Lawler, James P ^a   Magoun, Audrey J ^b,c   Seaton, C Tom ^b   Gardner, Craig L ^b   Boertje, Rodney D ^b   Ver Hoef, Jay M ^b   Del Vecchio, Patricia A ^b  

^a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^b ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aircraft; Alaska; Caribou; Disturbance; Jets; Military; Mitigation; Noise; Overflight; Rangifer tarandus

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; BREEDING SEASON; DISTURBANCE; FLIGHT; NOISE; UNGULATE;

RANGIFER TARANDUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS GRANTI;

EID: 27944503502     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2005)069[1133:SIOMOO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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