Estimation of successful breeding pairs for wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountains, USA

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 881-891

  Mitchell, Michael S ^a   Ausband, David E ^a   Sime, Carolyn A ^b   Bangs, Edward E ^c   Gude, Justin A ^b   Jimenez, Michael D ^d   Mack, Curt M ^e   Meier, Thomas J ^f   Nadeau, M Steven ^g   Smith, Douglas W ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b WILDLIFE AND PARKS   (United States)

^c United States Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^d United States Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^e Gray Wolf Recovery Project   (United States)

^f Denali National Park and Preserve   (United States)

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

^h YELLOWSTONE CENTER FOR RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Demography; Gray wolf; Human caused mortality; Logistic regression; Monitoring; Northern Rocky Mountains; Pack size; Successful breeding pair

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; CANID; ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MORTALITY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION SIZE; PROBABILITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REGULATORY APPROACH;

NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS;

EID: 43249101334     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2007-157     Document Type: Article

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