Movements, connectivity, and resource selection of rocky mountain bighorn sheep

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 531-538

  DeCesare, Nicholas J ^a,b   Pletscher, Daniel H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bighorn sheep; Connectivity; Habitat; Movement; Ovis canadensis; Resource selection

Indexed keywords

HABITAT SELECTION; HOME RANGE; MOVEMENT; RADIOTELEMETRY; REGRESSION; RESOURCE SELECTION; SHEEP; SURVEY; TESTING METHOD;

MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

OVIS ARIES; OVIS CANADENSIS;

EID: 33745161870     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/05-MAMM-A-259R1.1     Document Type: Article

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