Biological and statistical errors make inferences circumspect: Response to Bender and Weisenberger

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 580-582

  Rominger, Eric M ^a   Goldstein, Elise J ^a   Evans, Marc A ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF GAME AND FISH   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Density dependence; Desert bighorn sheep; Ovis canadensis; Precipitation; Predator control; Retrospective analysis

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES; OVIS CANADENSIS;

EID: 39449132228     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2007-179     Document Type: Note

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