Assessing factors related to wolf depredation of cattle in fenced pastures in Montana and Idaho

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1256-1265

  Bradley, Elizabeth H ^a,b,c   Pletscher, Daniel H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks   (United States)

^c Montana Fish   (United States)

Author keywords

Canis lupus; Cattle; Depredation; Livestock; Pasture; Ranch; Wolf

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CATTLE; GRAZING; LANDSCAPE; LIVESTOCK; PASTURE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; VEGETATION;

IDAHO; MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS;

EID: 33646076439     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2005)33[1256:AFRTWD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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