Bighorn sheep abundance following a suspected pneumonia epidemic in Rocky Mountain National Park

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 183-189

  McClintock, Brett T ^a   White, Gary C ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Bighorn; Bowden's Estimator; Mark resight; Population size; Program NOREMARK; Rocky Mountain National Park

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; EPIDEMIC; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION SIZE; SHEEP; SOFTWARE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK; UNITED STATES;

OVIS ARIES; OVIS CANADENSIS; OVIS CANADENSIS CANADENSIS;

EID: 34248215236     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2006-336     Document Type: Article

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