Origin, expansion, and status of mountain goats in Yellowstone National Park

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 532-541

  Lemke, Thomas O ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}  

^a WILDLIFE AND PARKS   (United States)

^b MT Fish Wildlife Parks Stationed   (United States)

^c U States Cmw N Mariana Islands'   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STEVENS POINT   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^f RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Wildlife Society   (United States)

^h N Yellowstone Coop Wildl W   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonization; Exotic species; Introductions; Montana; Mountain goats; Olympic National Park; Oreamnos americanus; Yellowstone National Park

Indexed keywords

AERIAL SURVEY; BREEDING; COLONIZATION; GRAZING; INTRODUCED SPECIES; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

CAPRA HIRCUS; OREAMNOS AMERICANUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 3242729688     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2004)32[532:OEASOM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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