Trends, dynamics and resilience of an Ethiopian wolf population

Animal Conservation

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 49-58

  Marino, Jorgelina ^a   Sillero Zubiri, C ^a   Macdonald, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Density dependence; Disease; Long term trends; Monitoring; Population regulation; Rabies

Indexed keywords

CANID; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; LOCAL EXTINCTION; MONITORING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RABIES;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; CANIS SIMENSIS;

EID: 33644795901     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2005.00011.x     Document Type: Article

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