Dynamics of pneumonia in a bighorn sheep metapopulation

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1080-1088

  Cassirer, E Frances ^a,b   Sinclair, A R E ^b  

^a IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bighorn sheep; Disease; Idaho; Lamb mortality; Oregon; Ovis canadensis; Pneumonia; Population dynamics; Predation; Washington

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; FELID; JUVENILE; METAPOPULATION; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; PREDATION; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SHEEP; SURVIVAL;

HELLS CANYON; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

OVIS ARIES; OVIS CANADENSIS; PUMA CONCOLOR;

EID: 38949199573     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2006-002     Document Type: Article

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