Precipitation, density, and population dynamics of desert bighorn sheep on San Andres National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 956-964

  Bender, Louis C ^a,c   Weisenberger, Mara E ^b,d  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b San Andres National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

^c New Mexico Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit   (Mexico)

^d Wildlife Society   (United States)

Author keywords

Carrying capacity; Density dependence; Density independence; Desert bighorn sheep; Ovis canadensis mexicana; Population regulation; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION REGULATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SHEEP; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

OVIS ARIES; OVIS CANADENSIS; OVIS CANADENSIS MEXICANA;

EID: 30344447554     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2005)33[956:PDAPDO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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