L. D. Mech critique of our work lacks scientific validity

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 878-881

  Mladenoff, David J ^a   Clayton, Murray K ^a   Sickley, Theodore A ^a   Wydeven, Adrian P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Canis lupus; Geographic information systems; Model; Recolonization; Spatial analysis; United States lake states; Wisconsin; Wolf

Indexed keywords

CANID; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GIS; HABITAT USE; PREDICTION; RECOLONIZATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS;

EID: 33751254079     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2006)34[878:LDMCOO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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