Demographic side effects of selective hunting in ungulates and carnivores: Review

Conservation Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 36-47

  Milner, Jos M ^a,b   Nilsen, Erlend B ^a,b   Andreassen, Harry P ^a  

^a INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Big game; Population dynamics; Selective harvesting; Trophy hunting; Wildlife exploitation; Wildlife management

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; BIRTH RATE; BODY SIZE; CARNIVORE; CROPPING PRACTICE; DEMOGRAPHY; EXPLOITATION; HARVESTING; HUNTING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; SEX RATIO; UNGULATE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AGE; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; MAMMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MAMMALS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

UNGULATA;

EID: 33846970832     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2006.00591.x     Document Type: Review

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