Population dynamics of bighorn sheep in the San Gabriel Mountains, California, 1967-2002

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 412-426

  Holl, Stephen A ^a,c,d,e,f   Bleich, Vernon C ^{a,b,g,h,i,j,k,l}   Torres, Steven G ^b,m,n,o  

^a CA Department of Fish and Game ^*

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

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^d Wildlife Society's Western Section   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

ⁱ California CDFG   (United States)

^j UAF Alumni Association

^k and Math

^l CDFG Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep R   (United States)

^m CDFG's Resource Assessment Program

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

Bighorn sheep; Fire; Mountain lion; Mule deer; Odocoileus hemionus; Ovis canadensis; Population dynamics; Predation; Puma concolor; Southern California

Indexed keywords

MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; UNGULATE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; LAMB; ODOCOILEUS; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; OVIS CANADENSIS; OVIS CANADENSIS NELSONI; PANTHERA LEO; PUMA CONCOLOR; PUMA CONCOLOR COUGUAR; UNGULATA;

EID: 3242692652     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2004)32[412:PDOBSI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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