Rapid population growth of a critically endangered carnivore

Science

Volumn 317, Issue 5839, 2007, Pages 779-

  Grenier, M B ^a,b   McDonald, D B ^a   Buskirk, S W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b WYOMING GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; POPULATION GROWTH; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ARTICLE; BREEDING; CARNIVORE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FERRET; INBREEDING; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; FERRETS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; SCIURIDAE; WYOMING;

EID: 34547922744     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1144648     Document Type: Article

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8. We thank C. Martinez del Río and M. Kauffman for helpful reviews. The project was supported by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and private landowners.