Vigilance, predation risk, and the Allee effect in desert bighorn sheep

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 519-532

  Mooring, Michael S ^a   Fitzpatrick, Thomas A ^a   Nishihira, Tara T ^a   Reisig, Dominic D ^a  

^a POINT LOMA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allee effect; Desert bighorn sheep; Felis concolor; Mountain lion; New Mexico; Ovis canadensis; Predation risk; Reintroductions; Selective removal; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

ALLEE EFFECT; PREDATION; RUMINANT; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL; VIGILANCE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; RED ROCK WILDLIFE AREA; UNITED STATES;

BOVIDAE; FELIS; OVIS ARIES; OVIS CANADENSIS; PANTHERA LEO; PUMA CONCOLOR;

EID: 3843149330     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2004)068[0519:VPRATA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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