Conservation risks of male-selective harvest for mammals with low reproductive potential

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1592-1600

  McLoughlin, Philip D ^a   Taylor, Mitchell K ^b   Messier, François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b Government of Nunavut   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caribou; Fecundity; Grizzly bear; Hunting; Polar bear; Population viability analysis; Reproduction; Sex selective harvest

Indexed keywords

BEAR; HARVESTING; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; UNGULATE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; RANGIFER TARANDUS; URSUS ARCTOS; URSUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 33645698050     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2005)69[1592:CROMHF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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