The fall and rise of bison populations in Wood Buffalo National Park: 1971 to 2003

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 83, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1195-1205

  Bradley, Mark ^a,c   Wilmshurst, John ^b  

^a Wood Buffalo National Park   (Canada)

^b PARKS CANADA   (Canada)

^c Jasper National Park   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

BISON SENSUS DATA; JUVENILES; TUBERCULOSIS; WOOD BUFFALO NATIONAL PARK;

BIODIVERSITY;

DISEASE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WOOD BUFFALO NATIONAL PARK;

BISON; BISON BISON; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS;

EID: 28244454176     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z05-106     Document Type: Article

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