Swift fox reintroductions on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, Montana, USA

Biological Conservation

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 423-430

  Ausband, David E ^a   Foresman, Kerry R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Population growth; Restoration; Success criteria; Translocation; Tribe; Vulpes velox

Indexed keywords

CANID; FECUNDITY; POPULATION GROWTH; PRAIRIE; REINTRODUCTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SURVIVAL;

MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

CANIDAE; VULPES VELOX;

EID: 33947126101     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2006.12.007     Document Type: Article

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