Spatial dynamics of sympatric canids: Modeling the impact of coyotes on red wolf recovery

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 214, Issue 2-4, 2008, Pages 391-403

  Roth, James D ^a   Murray, Dennis L ^b   Steury, Todd D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Canis latrans; Canis rufus; Competition; Reintroduction; Simulation model; Sympatry

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RANDOM PROCESSES;

CANIS LATRANS; CANIS RUFUS; SIMULATION MODEL;

BIODIVERSITY;

CANID; COLONIZATION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENOTYPE; POPULATION SIZE; REINTRODUCTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL; SYMPATRY;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LATRANS; CANIS RUFUS;

EID: 43049173717     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2008.03.011     Document Type: Article

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