Regulating overabundant ungulate populations: An example for elk in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 520-528

  Bradford, John B ^a   Hobbs, N Thompson ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Cervus elaphus; Culling; Immunocontraception; Simulation modeling

Indexed keywords

LANDFORMS;

CERVUS ELAPHUS; CULLING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS; EXTINCTION RISKS; IMMUNOCONTRACEPTION; LONG-TERM EFFECTS; ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK; SIMULATION MODEL; SIMULATION-MODELLING; WORLD POPULATION;

ANIMALS;

ABUNDANCE; CULLING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EXTINCTION RISK; IMMUNOCONTRACEPTION; SIMULATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; UNGULATE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; MOOSE; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION REGULATION; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; SPECIES EXTINCTION; UNGULATE; UNITED STATES; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION;

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

ANIMALIA; CERVUS ELAPHUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 36048985693     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2006.12.005     Document Type: Article

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