Potential impacts of coyotes and snowmobiles on lynx conservation in the intermountain west

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 828-838

  Bunnell, Kevin D ^a,c   Flinders, Jerran T ^a   Wolfe, Michael L ^b  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UTAH DIVISION OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Canada lynx; Canis latrans; Competition; Coyote; Idaho; Intermountain West; Lynx canadensis; Packed snow; Snowmobile trails; Track counts; Utah; Wyoming

Indexed keywords

CANID; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; HABITAT CONSERVATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SNOW; TRANSPORT VEHICLE;

NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UINTA MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

CANIDAE; CANIS LATRANS; LYNX; LYNX CANADENSIS;

EID: 33751257178     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2006)34[828:PIOCAS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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