Population dynamics and harvest potential of Mountain goat herds in Alberta

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1044-1053

  Hamel, Sandra ^a   Côté, Steeve D ^a   Smith, Kirby G ^b   Festa Bianchet, Marco ^c  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^b Alberta Sustainable Resource Development   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aerial census; Alberta; Harvest; Leslie matrices; Mountain goat; Oreamnos americanus; Population dynamics; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

GOAT; HARVESTING; PERTURBATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

CAPRA HIRCUS; MAMMALIA; OREAMNOS; OREAMNOS AMERICANUS;

EID: 33749039473     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2006)70[1044:PDAHPO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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