A seventy-year history of trends in Yellowstone's northern elk herd

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 594-602

  Eberhardt, L L ^a   White, P J ^b   Garrott, R A ^c   Houston, D B ^a  

^a Wildlife Biologist ^*  (United States)

^b YELLOWSTONE CENTER FOR RESOURCES   (United States)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age structure; Bias in counts; Canis lupus; Cervus elaphus; Elk wolf system in Yellowstone National Park; Estimates of rate of change; Population trend; Relative impact of hunters and wolves

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; AGE STRUCTURE; DEER; JUVENILE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SURVIVAL;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WYOMING; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS;

EID: 43949103370     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2005-770     Document Type: Article

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